Falk & Siemer, LLP v. Craig Maddigan

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• holding that the reviewing court applies the clearly erroneous standard when an appellant appeals the trial court’s determination that a debt is in the nature of support under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5
• finding that a legal fee award made in relation to a custody proceeding was a domestic support obligation where the family court order discussed factors such as the claimant’s “income, limited assets and resources, financial obligations, and inability to pay legal fees”
• “The fact that the debt is payable to a third party (here, Falk & Siemer
• “Our case law clearly establishes that debts in the nature of support need not be payable directly to one of the parties listed in §523(a)(5) in order to be nondischargeable.”
• fee award payable to attorney of non-spouse-mother of child of debtor nondischargeable
• “The bankruptcy court’s factual determination that [the debtor’s] obligation to [the law firm creditor] is in the nature of support for [the debtor’s] child comports with the record in the family court below, the applicable ease law, and congressional intent.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).