MEMORANDUM OPINION
STEWART ROSE, Bankruptcy Judge.
The issue in this case is whether a $5,000 lump sum payment, denominated as additional child support in a divorce decree, and payable approximately one year after the divorce, is dischargeable.
The parties, former spouses, separated in August, 1983. A stipulated final decree of divorce was entered January 11, 1984. The debtor filed this adversary proceeding against his former wife seeking a determination...
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