Tavella v. Edwards (In Re Edwards)

How courts have described this case

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• “Even as to the proceedings within the exclusive jurisdiction of the bankruptcy courts, Supreme Court precedent indicates that while res judicata may not be applied, collateral estoppel may.”
• the task of the bankruptcy court is “to determine whether the state court intended to create a debt that was actually in the nature of alimony, i.e., necessary for the plaintiffs support.”

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