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IN RE SORAH

No. 97-6335.

163 F.3d 397 (1998)

In re Perle Albert SORAH, Jr., Debtor. Karren L. SORAH, Appellant, v. Perle Albert Sorah, Jr., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Gardner (argued and briefed), Henry, Watz, Gardner & Sellars, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellant.

Guy M. Graves (argued and briefed), Elizabeth S. Hughes and Samuel G. Carneal (briefed), Gess, Mattingly & Atchison, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Before: NELSON, CLAY, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.

GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky discharged Karren L. Sorah's former husband, Perle Albert Sorah, from an obligation to pay her $750 per month pursuant to a state court divorce decree. The bankruptcy court found that the payments, though decreed as "maintenance" by the state court, were not actually in the nature of maintenance, and were therefore dischargeable in bankruptcy pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §...

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