IN RE CHANG

No. 97-16760.

163 F.3d 1138 (1998)

In re Amy CHANG, Debtor. Aleta Beaupied; George O. Ting, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Amy Chang, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth R. Wachtel, Leland, Parachini, Steinberg, Matzger & Melnick, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant Ting.

Brian J. McCaffrey, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant Beaupied.

Michael Willemsen, Palo Alto, CA, for Defendant-Appellee Chang.

Before: HUG, Chief Judge, FLETCHER, and TROTT, Circuit Judges.


TROTT, Circuit Judge:

George O. Ting and Aleta Beaupied appeal a judgment of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel ("BAP"), reversing a bankruptcy court judgment in Ting and Beaupied's favor. The BAP concluded that Chang's debts to Ting and Beaupied arising from a child custody proceeding were not owed to a "spouse, former spouse, or child of the debtor, for alimony to, maintenance for, or support of such spouse or child," 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5) (1994 & Supp. IV...

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