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Tarver, In re
Apr
02
2024
Ruling
Debtor's ex-wife was entitled to have her claim treated as a priority claim as debtor'sobligation was to be considered a domestic support obligation in the nature of post-maritalsupport. (Bankr. S.D. Ala.)
Issue(s)
Priorities; Order of Priorities; Domestic Support Obligations; Nonassigned Claims.
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Collins, In re--Munn v. Collins
Dec
20
2022
Ruling
Debt owed to debtor’s domestic relations attorney arose from fee arrangement that was not adomestic support obligation and was not entitled to priority status. (Bankr. M.D. Ga.)
Issue(s)
Priorities; Order of Priorities; Domestic Support Obligations; Nonassigned Claims.
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Ciampa, In re
Apr
24
2020
Ruling
Order that debtor pay his former wife's debt for her daughter's student loans was a domesticsupport obligation and therefore entitled to priority status. (Bankr. D. Mass.)
Issue(s)
Priorities; Order of Priorities; Domestic Support Obligations; Nonassigned Claims.
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LaSpina, In re
Jan
03
2020
Ruling
Debtor's claim entitled to priority treatment where special master intended part of the awardto serve as a domestic support obligation. (Bankr. E.D. Pa.)
Issue(s)
Priorities; Order of Priorities; Domestic Support Obligations; Nonassigned Claims.
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Waldorf, In re
Oct
15
2018
Ruling
Debtor's objections to claim overruled as legal fees at issue constituted a domestic support obligation entitled to priority treatment. (Bankr. E.D. Pa.)
Issue(s)
Priorities; Order of Priorities; Domestic Support Obligations; Nonassigned Claims.
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In re Luetkenhaus
Dec
12
2016
Ruling
Attorney's fees for representation in child custody modification entitled to priority as the feesconstituted domestic support obligation. (Bankr. D. Ore.)
Issue(s)
Priorities; Order of Priorities; Domestic Support Obligations; Nonassigned Claims.
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Baldiga v. Golemo (In re Golemo)
Oct
23
2015
Ruling
Debtor's former spouse entitled to a priority domestic support obligation claim against proceeds of sale of estate property.
Issue(s)
Was debtor's former spouse entitled to a priority domestic support obligation claim?
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In re Moser
May
13
2015
Ruling
Attorneys fees awarded in custody proceeding were a nondischargeable domestic support obligation.
Issue(s)
Was debt for attorneys' fees awarded in child custody proceeding a nondischargeable domestic support obligation?
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In re Trentadue
Mar
19
2015
Ruling
Claim for attorneys' fees awarded to debtor's former spouse due to debtor's protracted litigation was a nondischargeable domestic support obligation entitled to priority.
Issue(s)
Were sanctions assessed against debtor due to conduct in litigating custody proceedings against former spouse a nondischargeable domestic support obligation?
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In re Symdon
Oct
03
2014
Ruling
Fees owed directly to debtor's spouse's divorce attorneys were not nondischargeable domestic support obligations.
Issue(s)
Whether a law firm, which represented the debtor's wife in divorce proceedings, was entitled to a priority claim, under 11 U.S.C.S. § 507(a)(1)(A), for its attorney's fees in the debtor's chapter 13 case when debt was held to be non-dischargeable under 11 U.S.C.S. §§ 523 in the debtor's chapter 7 case.
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