In Re Edward Elijah Williams, Debtor. Joyce Colleen Williams v. Edward Elijah Williams

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• opining that an obligation “by one spouse to pay the other’s debts, including a debt to a lawyer for fees, can be ‘support’ for bankruptcy purposes.”
• stating court could reasonably find that the assumption of debt was intended to help debtor’s former spouse meet monthly living expenses
• “[U]ndertakings by one spouse to pay the other’s debts [. . .] can be ‘support’ for bankruptcy purposes.”
• “[U]ndertakings by one spouse to pay the other’s debts [¶]... ] can be ‘support’ for bankruptcy purposes.”
• whether ex-husband’s agreement to pay ex-wife’s attorney’s fees in fact was intended as support is question of fact for bankruptcy court
• whether debt is support obligation or part of property settlement is question of federal bankruptcy law, not state law

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