- 11 U.S.C.
In re Braun
May
15
2008
Ruling
Debtor's obligation under separation decree to pay mortgage debt directly to lender was a nondischargeable domestic support obligation.
Procedural posture
A bankruptcy debtor's plan provided for abandonment of an interest in real property occupied by the debtor's spouse, and for discharge of an obligation to pay the mortgage debt on the property under a decree of legal separation. The spouse asserted that the mortgage debt was a nondischargeable domestic support obligation, the debtor objected to the spouse's claim based on the debt, and the spouse objected to confirmation of the debtor's plan.
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