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Laura J. Howard v. John Michael Abbott (In re Abbott)

Bankr. No.: 
01-30028
Adv. No.: 
01-3005
Chapter: 
7
Date of Decision: 
August 2, 2001
Issue: 
Whether Debtor’s obligation, pursuant to a separation agreement, to pay one-half of his daughter’s uninsured medical and dental expenses and one-half of her college expenses should be discharged?
Ruling: 
Debtor’s obligation, pursuant to a separation agreement, to pay one-half of his daughter’s uninsured medical and dental expenses and one-half of her college expenses is in the nature of support and is thus nondischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5).
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