Swiczkowski v. Neagley (In Re Swiczkowski)

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• holding child support arrearages nondischargeable
• inquiry is whether the parties’ or the state court’s objective was to create a support obligation
• debtor’s obligation to pay indebtedness due on automobile awarded to ex-wife in divorce was nondischargeable, even though automobile had been repossessed
• automobile would provide support to debt- or’s children and former wife; debt owed on automobile awarded to debtor’s ex-wife nondischargeable
• well established that statements within a divorce decree which label a particular obligation as alimony or property settlement do not necessarily determine nature of obligation under federal law

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