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IN RE SUAREZ

BAP No. SC-07-1401-MoJuKw Bankruptcy No. 05-14824. Adversary No. 06-90302.

400 B.R. 732 (2009)

In re Mariza SUAREZ, Debtor. Mariza Suarez, Appellant, v. Tracy Barrett, Appellee.

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 16, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey D. Schreiber, La Jolla, CA, for debtor.

Gerald H. Davis, Coronado, CA, trustee.

Before: MONTALI, JURY, and KWAN, Bankruptcy Judges.

MONTALI, Bankruptcy Judge:

We address in this opinion a case of apparent first-impression in the Ninth Circuit, viz., whether a chapter 7 debtor may discharge a judgment for attorneys fees and costs where that is the only monetary liability imposed on her for contempt for violating a court order. She may not.

Debtor-Appellant, Mariza Suarez ("Suarez"), appeals from a judgment of nondischargeability under section 523(a)(6)2 regarding...

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