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· 10/31/1996

In Re Robert J. KESTELL, Debtor. Robert J. KESTELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Janet A. KESTELL, Defendant-Appellee

Citations

  • 99 F.3d 146
  • 36 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 1713
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 28264
  • 1996 WL 628259

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that cause for dismissal in Chapter 13 cases includes bad faith (citing In re Love, 957 F.2d 1350, 1354 (7th Cir. 1992))
  • determining that a debt owed pursuant to a divorce judgment was consumer debt because it was not incurred “with a profit motive or in connection with a business transaction” (emphasis added)
  • determining that a debt owed pursuant to a divorce judgment was consumer debt because it was not incurred “with a profit motive or in connection with a business transaction” (emphasis added)
  • determining that a debt owed pursuant to a divorce judgment was consumer debt because it was not incurred “with a profit motive or in connection with a business transaction” (emphasis added)
  • determining, under a profit motive test, that money owed to the debtor’s former wife from a “consumer debt” is derived from consumer protection laws. divorce judgment was consumer debt for purposes of § 707
  • using the test to determine Goldsby v. United States (In re Goldsby), 135 B.R. 611, 613- that because debt was not business debt, it was consumer 15 (Bankr. E.D. Ark. 1992); In re Reiter, 126 B.R. 961 debt

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Judges: Wilkinson, Wilkins, Williams

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