IN RE SMITHER

Bankruptcy Nos. 94-33743(1)7, 95-3018 and 95-3043.

194 B.R. 102 (1996)

In re Victor B. SMITHER, Debtor.

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky.

February 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Clare, Louisville, KY, for Debtor.

Alan Slyn, Louis Nicoulin, Louisville, KY, for Creditor.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

HENRY H. DICKINSON, Chief Judge.

Today we make our contribution to the small but growing body of caselaw interpreting 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(15). The Court, in this case and in an opinion in the case of Hibbard v. Hibbard, AP No. 95-3044, will discuss this new exception to the bankruptcy discharge in some detail. Here, Joan Smither ("Creditor"), Victor Smither's ("Debtor") former spouse, is suing under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5...

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