STRANATHAN v. STOWELL

Bankruptcy Nos. A80-290, A80-314, A80-519, A80-594 and A80-593.

15 B.R. 223 (1981)

In the Matter of Karen Ann STRANATHAN, Plaintiff, v. Clayton Robert STOWELL, Defendant. Walter B. ATKINSON, Plaintiff, v. Catherine N. ATKINSON, Defendant. Bonnie J. MINCEY, Plaintiff, v. Lewis H. MINCEY, Defendant. Bradford Maurice HOLST, Plaintiff, v. POSTAL FINANCE COMPANY, Defendant. Betty McKee WILSON, Plaintiff, v. Robert S. McKEE, Defendant.

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Nebraska.

November 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Geier, Lincoln, Neb., for Walter B. Atkinson.

Robert Kinsey, Jr., Lincoln, Neb., for Catherine N. Atkinson.

John E. North, Jr., Omaha, Neb., for Karen Ann Stranathan.

Steven T. Swihart, Omaha, Neb., for Clayton Robert Stowell.

Bert Blackwell, McCook, Neb., for Bradford Holst.

LeRoy Anderson, North Platte, Neb., for Postal Finance.

Van A. Schroeder, Papillion, Neb., for Bonnie Mincey.

Chris M. Arps, Papillion, Neb., for Lewis H. Mincey.

Thomas Prohaska, Omaha, Neb., for Betty McKee Wilson.

Richard F. Welling, Omaha, Neb., for Robert S. McKee.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

DAVID L. CRAWFORD, Bankruptcy Judge.

These cases concern the meaning and effect of § 523(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code.

In several of them the parties seek to determine the dischargeability of certain marital debts which a spouse was ordered to pay pursuant to divorce proceedings. A threshold issue not previously resolved in this district is whether amounts payable to third parties on debts for which spouses are jointly liable...

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