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IN RE GRIFFIN

Bankruptcy No. 82-00595, Adv. No. A82-0863.

39 B.R. 112 (1984)

In re Robert D. GRIFFIN, aka Robert Dennis Griffin, www Annette C. Griffin, Debtor. Annette C. GRIFFIN, Plaintiff, v. Robert D. GRIFFIN, Defendant.

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Washington, at Seattle.

January 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Woodburne, Bellevue, Wash., for defendant Robert D. Griffin.

A. Stevens Quigley, Seattle, Wash., for Annette C. Griffin, plaintiff/appellee.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

SIDNEY C. VOLINN, Bankruptcy Judge.

This is a dischargeability suit under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(5) wherein the divorced wife seeks to enforce payment by the debtor, her former husband, of attorneys' fees in the sum of $15,800 plus interest. I hold the obligation to be nondischargeable.

The case illustrates how economically destructive dissolution proceedings can be. Given the emotional overlay, the costs of such a proceeding...

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