IN RE PERLIN

No. 93-3705.

30 F.3d 39 (1994)

In re Barry M. PERLIN, Debtor. O'CONNOR, CAVANAGH, ANDERSON, WESTOVER, KILLINGSWORTH & BESHEARS; and Brown-Wright & Associates, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Barry M. PERLIN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 12, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen V. Cheatham, Arter & Hadden, Cleveland, OH, Richard M. Lorenzen, and Craig J. Bolton (argued and briefed), O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth, Phoenix, AZ, for plaintiff-appellee.

Kenneth P. Frankel (argued and briefed), Smith & Smith, Avon Lake, OH, for defendant-appellant.

Before: JONES and RYAN, Circuit Judges; and KRUPANSKY, Senior Circuit Judge.


RYAN, Circuit Judge.

Barry M. Perlin, the debtor in this bankruptcy case, appeals the district court's order affirming the bankruptcy court's determination that the debtor's obligation under a divorce decree to pay his former spouse's attorney fees and expert witness fees was part of a support obligation and thus was not dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5). Perlin argues on appeal that the plaintiffs — his former spouse's attorneys in their divorce...

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