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FALK & SIEMER v. MADDIGAN

Docket No. 01-5061.

312 F.3d 589 (2002)

Falk & Siemer, LLP, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Craig Maddigan, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 9, 2002.

Amended December 10, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard F. Walentynowicz, Grand Island, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.

Carol D. Collard, Falk & Siemer, LLP, Buffalo, NY, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before WINTER, SACK, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Craig Maddigan appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Arcara, J.) affirming the bankruptcy court's finding that Maddigan's obligation for legal fees imposed by a family court during a custody proceeding was nondischargeable in bankruptcy. We hold that the bankruptcy court (Bucki, J.) correctly read the family court's order of legal fees as creating a debt Maddigan owes to...

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