{"id":2898,"date":"2024-10-13T21:57:08","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T02:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2898"},"modified":"2024-11-08T10:25:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T16:25:34","slug":"texas-court-may-classify-attorneys-fees-awarded-in-divorce-as-non-dischargeable-in-bankruptcy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-court-may-classify-attorneys-fees-awarded-in-divorce-as-non-dischargeable-in-bankruptcy\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Court May Classify Attorney&#8217;s Fees Awarded in Divorce as Non-Dischargeable in Bankruptcy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDomestic support obligations\u201d as defined by the U.S. Bankruptcy Code are generally exempt from discharge in bankruptcy.\u00a0 Therefore, child support or spousal maintenance generally cannot be discharged in bankruptcy and must be paid.\u00a0 The treatment of other types of awards that may be granted in a Texas divorce, however, may not be so clear.\u00a0 In a recent case, a former wife <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/second-court-of-appeals\/2024-02-24-00047-cv.pdf?ts=1728617598\">appealed<\/a> a divorce decree that expressly stated that an award of attorney\u2019s fees against her was a domestic support obligation pursuant to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.<\/p>\n<p>The parties got married in September 2021 and the wife filed for divorce that December.\u00a0 The husband subsequently filed a counterpetition, alleging adultery by the wife.\u00a0 He asked the court to order the wife to pay his attorney\u2019s fees and costs and classify them as a domestic support obligation for purposes of bankruptcy.<\/p>\n<p>The court granted the divorce based on adultery and awarded attorney\u2019s fees to the husband.\u00a0 The court granted an award of $38,306 to the husband\u2019s attorney and the firm.\u00a0 The divorce decree stated that the attorney\u2019s fees would be \u201cconsidered a domestic support obligation. . .\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-court-may-classify-attorneys-fees-awarded-in-divorce-as-non-dischargeable-in-bankruptcy\/#more-2898\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDomestic support obligations\u201d as defined by the U.S. Bankruptcy Code are generally exempt from discharge in bankruptcy.\u00a0 Therefore, child support or spousal maintenance generally cannot be discharged in bankruptcy and must be paid.\u00a0 The treatment of other types of awards that may be granted in a Texas divorce, however, may not be so clear.\u00a0 In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorce"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Texas Court May Classify Attorney&#039;s Fees Awarded in Divorce as Non-Dischargeable in Bankruptcy &#8212; 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