By Henry E. Hildebrand, III, Chapter 13 Standing Trustee (Nashville, TN) During the free Academy webinar The CARES Act – Impacts on Chapter 13 on April 2, 2020, the panel – Judge Wm. Houston Brown (Retired), Amanda DeBerry and I – referred to the importance of detailing the reasons for modifications or suspensions to be related to financial hardship stemming...
From the Editor – Discharge and Dischargeability
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By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired)
Failure to comply with divorce obligations was willful and malicious injury. Chapter 7 debtor’s repeated refusal to comply with divorce decree’s requirement for him to transfer marital assets to his ex-wife was a willful and malicious injury for purposes of § 523(a)(6). There was an objective substantial certainty of harm to the former spouse by the debtor’s failures. Shankle v. Shankle (In re Shankle), ___ Fed.Appx. ____, 2014 WL 486208 (5th Cir. Feb. 7, 2014).
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