IN RE KLINE

No. 94-3798.

65 F.3d 749 (1995)

In re Keith Alan KLINE, Debtor. Ronald R. HOLLIDAY, Appellant, v. Keith Alan KLINE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 12, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald R. Holliday, St. Joseph, MO, pro se.

John Warren, St. Joseph, MO, for appellee.

Before BOWMAN, Circuit Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Attorney Ronald R. Holliday filed a complaint in Keith Kline's bankruptcy proceeding to determine the dischargeability of Kline's obligation to pay counsel fees arising from Holliday's representation of Kline's former wife in the couple's divorce proceeding. The Bankruptcy Court ruled that Holliday's fee award was in the nature of maintenance and therefore a nondischargeable debt under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5) (1988). The District Court reversed...

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