United States First Circuit

Two obligations of a Chapter 7 debtor to his ex-wife, incurred in their state-court divorce proceeding, were alimony or support rather than property division, and were therefore nondischargeable in bankruptcy under 11 U.S.C. section 523(a)(5) (2000).

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/27/2003
• Published 05/27/2003

Judges

• BOUDIN, Chief Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Victor Bass with whom Burns & Levinson, LLP, was on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gary W. Cruickshank, for appellee.