GOSS v. GOSS

No. 80-2094.

722 F.2d 599 (1983)

Betty Janell GOSS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lloyd Wayne GOSS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 5, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean Peterson, Ada, Okl. (Austin R. Deaton, Jr., of Deaton, Gassaway & Davison, Inc., Ada, Okl., was on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

James T. Branam, Dennis & Branam, Antlers, Okl., for defendant-appellee.

Before HOLLOWAY, McWILLIAMS and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judges.


HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns the effect to be given in federal court to a prior state court determination of nondischargeability of maintenance and support obligations under former Bankruptcy Act § 17a(7), 11 U.S.C. § 35(a)(7) (1976). The District Court of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, held in a garnishment proceeding involving the parties to this appeal that certain obligations embodied in a divorce decree were in the nature of maintenance and...

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