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EDEN v. ROBERT A. CHAPSKI, LTD.

No. 04-2247.

405 F.3d 582 (2005)

Larry EDEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROBERT A. CHAPSKI, LTD., and Jean Eden n/k/a Jean Eakins, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 22, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Forrest L. Ingram, Chicago, IL, Julie A. Klingbell Boynton (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael C. Doyen (argued), Elgin, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, ROVNER, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

When an Illinois court dissolved the marriage between Larry Eden and his wife, Jean Eakins, it ordered Eden to compensate Eakins and her legal counsel, Robert A. Chapski, Ltd. ("Chapski"), for the attorney's fees she had incurred in the divorce proceeding. The state court later determined that this debt was not dischargeable in bankruptcy pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5) and therefore survived Eden's Chapter 13 bankruptcy. That ruling...

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