ROBERTS v. POOLE

Civ. A. No. CA3-87-0774-D.

80 B.R. 81 (1987)

Sandra L. ROBERTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Edward Wayne POOLE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division.

November 25, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Prater Monning, III and Beverly Caro of Gardere & Wynne, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Greg Gutman of Jackson, Loving & Gutman, Dallas, for defendant-appellee.


OPINION

FITZWATER, District Judge.

A former wife appeals from an adverse bankruptcy court judgment which held that certain periodic payments to be made by her former husband, a chapter 7 debtor, were not in the nature of alimony, maintenance, or support and were thus dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5)(B). The principal question presented is whether the bankruptcy court erred in considering extrinsic evidence to interpret the parties' unambiguous...

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