United States Eleventh Circuit

A distribution in a divorce settlement may qualify as a nondischargeable "nature of support" debt under 11 USC 523(a)(5) if some of it was intended for alimony or child support despite a family court's characterizing it as an equitable distribution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/20/2001
• Published 03/20/2001

Judges

• KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:, Before WILSON, KRAVITCH and COX, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Patricia A. Dzikowski,Patricia A. Dzikowski, P.A., Lauderhill, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Patricia A. Redmond, Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A., Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.