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MATTER OF CATLOW

No. 79-3638.

663 F.2d 960 (1981)

In the Matter of J. C. CATLOW, Debtor. Lawrence J. MARKS, individually and on behalf of Wendy Kay Hall, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. J. C. CATLOW, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Feeley, Rowe & Feeley, Phoenix, Ariz., for defendant-appellant.

Barry Adler, Eskanos & Fertig, Oakland, Cal., argued, for plaintiffs-appellees; Lawrence J. Marks, Phoenix, Ariz., on brief.

Before WALLACE and TANG, Circuit Judges and PALMIERI, District Judge.

TANG, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a district court judgment affirming a bankruptcy court judgment declaring an attorney's fee award nondischargeable in bankruptcy. The issue is whether attorney's fees awarded to a bankrupt's former spouse in a post-divorce child custody proceeding in Arizona is nondischargeable under section 17(a)(7) of the former Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C. § 35(a)(7) (1976).1 We conclude that the award is nondischargeable...

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