IN RE LOCKWOOD

Bankruptcy No. 91-07027-MDM, Adv. No. 92-0020.

148 B.R. 45 (1992)

In re Lynne Mary LOCKWOOD, Debtor. Sandy SWARTZBERG and Druck & Swartzberg, S.C., Plaintiffs, v. Lynne Mary LOCKWOOD, Defendant.

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

December 11, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas C. Goeb, Milwaukee, WI, for plaintiffs.

Richard Bisbee, Milwaukee, WI, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM DECISION

M. DEE McGARITY, Bankruptcy Judge.

ISSUE

The facts in this case are undisputed, and the issue is straightforward. The question is whether the debtor's portion of a guardian ad litem's fees incurred in proceedings to modify custody of the debtor's minor children is excepted from discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5). This court concludes that it is.

This is a core proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2)(I).<...

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