United States Eighth Circuit

In bankruptcy proceedings, a decision affirming sua sponte entry of summary judgment in favor of father, the trustee for the heirs and next of kin of his child who was murdered by debtor-mother's boyfriend, is reversed where the bankruptcy court and BAP both erred by concluding that mother's debt, resulting from her role in the child's death, was nondischargeable as a matter of law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/29/2008
• Published 05/29/2008

Judges

• HANSEN, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY, HANSEN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bradford Colbert, St. Paul, MN, George S. Pappas, on the brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard W. Hechter, St. Louis Park, MN, for appellee.