KOWATCH v. KOWATCH

Docket No. 100309.

179 Mich. App. 163 (1989)

445 N.W.2d 808

KOWATCH v. KOWATCH

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided August 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman M. Gaffney, Jr., for plaintiff.

Ball, VanDam & Ross, P.C. (by Richard D. Ball), for defendant.

Before: DANHOF, C.J., and HOOD and R.L. TAHVONEN, JJ.


R.L. TAHVONEN, J.

Defendant appeals as of right from a circuit court order holding him in contempt for failure to pay alimony. At issue is whether § 523(a)(5)(B) of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 USC 101 et seq., relieves defendant of his obligation to pay alimony under the divorce judgment. The trial court concluded that defendant was not so relieved. We agree and affirm.

At the time the parties married in October, 1980, the wife owned...

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