Third Circuit· 3/13/2014

Paul Ruitenberg, III v.

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745 F.3d 647
2014 WL 959485

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11 USC 523[a][15] “provides, unqualifiedly, that a property settlement obligation . . . is nondischargeable”
in bankruptcy context, spouse’s “claim” before the divorce judgment was “at the least, unliquidated and contingent on a final decree apportioning marital property, perhaps unmatured, and likely disputed,” but nevertheless was “literally [] a ‘claim’”
“[T]he contingent nature of the right to payment does not change the fact that the right to payment exists . . . and thereby constitutes a ‘claim’ for purposes of § 101(5).” (alteration and omission in original) (citation omitted)

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Judges: Ambro, Smith, O'Connor

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