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· 4/26/1961

Kathleen Poolman v. William F. Poolman, Bankrupt

Citations

  • 289 F.2d 332
  • 1961 U.S. App. LEXIS 4708

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • undertaking to keep up installment payments on trust deed on home in which divorced wife and children were to live was liability for “maintenance or support of wife or child” and not dischargeable
  • “It is safe to say that the obligation to maintain and support a family includes the obligation to keep a roof over their heads.”
  • ‘That the obligation has become unduly burdensome cannot be considered in determining the legal effect of (the debtor’s) discharge.’
  • instalments on mortgage on family home

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Sanborn, Van Oosterhout Matthes

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