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IN RE BENNETT

Bankruptcy No. 3:14-00820. Adversary No. 14-90079.

517 B.R. 95 (2014)

In re Maxine Dolores BENNETT, Debtor. SunTrust Bank, Plaintiff v. Maxine Dolores Bennett, Defendant.

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee.

Filed August 22, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Roaten Cheadle, Jr. , Nashville, TN, for Plaintiff.

Maxine Dolores Bennett, pro se.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

RANDAL S. MASHBURN, Bankruptcy Judge.

A state court judgment reciting a key dischargeability phrase from the applicable bankruptcy statute does not automatically have preclusive effect in bankruptcy court. As this case demonstrates, merely inserting the word "fraud" into a state court judgment will not necessarily be enough to assure the nondischargeability of a debt.

Relying upon principles of collateral estoppel, SunTrust Bank...

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