Hoogewind v. Hendricks (In Re Hendricks)

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• “the fact that an award of attorney's fees is payable directly to the attorney rather than the former spouse is immaterial for dischargeability purposes”
• bankruptcy court held that an attorney fee obligation that was imposed on the debtor ex-husband in a post-divorce custody dispute, based on the state court’s determination that debtor had greater ability to pay such fees, would be excepted from discharge under § 523(a

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