SYLVESTER v. SYLVESTER

No. 87-1791.

865 F.2d 1164 (1989)

Wendell Reginald SYLVESTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jane Lee SYLVESTER; Sylvia Marks-Barnett & Associates, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

January 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth G. Mayfield, Oklahoma City, Okl., for plaintiff-appellant.

Sylvia Marks-Barnett and Barton S. Levy of Sylvia Marks-Barnett & Associates, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendants-appellees.

Before MOORE, BRORBY and EBEL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order by the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma affirming a bankruptcy court's decision holding that certain obligations owed by appellant to his former spouse pursuant to a divorce settlement are in the nature of alimony, maintenance, or support and thus are nondischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5).1 Appellant argues that (1) the obligations are part of a property...

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