- 11 U.S.C.
Bevins v. Ballard (In re Ballard)
May
25
2011
Ruling
Debt to spouse for payment of outstanding balance of mortgage and attorneys' fees was nondischargeable as owed pursuant to terms of divorce decree and property settlement.
Procedural posture
Plaintiff, the former spouse of defendant, a Chapter 7 debtor, sought a determination that the amount she paid to a bank on the outstanding balance of a mortgage to secure a release of the lien and her costs and attorneys fees were excepted from discharge under 11 U.S.C.S. § 523(a)(15). She filed a motion for summary judgment.
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