United States Second Circuit

The bankruptcy court correctly read a family court order of legal fees as creating a debt owed to a child that is "in the nature of support," thus this debt is nondischargeable in bankruptcy pursuant to 11 U.S.C. section 523(a)(5).

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/26/2002
• Decided 12/09/2002
• Published 12/09/2002

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge., Before WINTER, SACK, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Leonard F. Walentynowicz, Grand Island, NY, for Defendant-Appellant., Carol D. Collard, Falk & Siemer, LLP, Buffalo, NY, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee.