September 09, 2010 | Court Decisions, Divorce, Legal Perspective, Marital Property, Settlement
Brian Vertz
In Re Miller, 424 B.R. 171 (M.D. Pa. 2010) Wife/Debtor filed a chapter 13 bankruptcy petition, in which she attempted to classify an “income maintenance award” of $88,500 received in a divorce decree as property exempted from the bankruptcy estate. The divorce decree provided that Wife was to receive $88,500 cash in order to effectuate a 67%/33% division of marital property. Next, Wife’s former divorce lawyer filed a proof of […]