MATTER OF CORNISH

No. 75-1403.

529 F.2d 1363 (1976)

In the Matter of Frank E. CORNISH, III, Bankrupt. Donald C. SCHILLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Frank E. CORNISH, III, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 12, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald C. Schiller, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Sanford J. Green, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before SWYGERT and TONE, Circuit Judges, and WHELAN, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The question is whether attorney fees awarded to the wife in an Illinois divorce action but which were ordered paid directly to her attorney constitute a nondischargeable debt in a voluntary bankruptcy proceeding filed by the husband. We hold that fees awarded are nondischargeable and we reverse the order of the district court.

The plaintiff-appellant, Donald C. Schiller, was the attorney who represented Gloria J. Cornish in a divorce action, brought...

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