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MATTER OF SWATE

Nos. 96-20251, 96-20252.

99 F.3d 1282 (1996)

Matter of Tommy E. SWATE, Debtor. Tommy E. SWATE, Appellant, v. Dian Frances HARTWELL, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 21, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Anthony Kral, Houston, TX, Julie M. Koenig, J. Craig Cowgill, J. Craig Cowgill & Associates, Houston, TX, for appellant.

Robin Marie Ziek, Houston, TX, for appellee.

Before KING and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges, and LAKE, District Judge.

LAKE, District Judge:

Tommy E. Swate appeals from a judgment affirming the bankruptcy court's order that lump-sum damages awarded by a state court for future alimony are not dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5). We Affirm.

I. Background

Swate and Dian Frances Hartwell entered into an Agreement Incident to Divorce to dissolve their marriage on July 31, 1981. On October 7, 1981, the state court signed a final Decree of divorce that...

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