United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit September 10, 1999, BAP No. ID-99-1092-BRP. Bankruptcy No. 98-01101. Adversary No. 98-6172 (Hough v. Fry (In Re Hough))

OPINION

BRANDT, Bankruptcy Judge.

The bankruptcy court granted appellees’ motion for summary judgment, declaring appellant’s debt for fees and costs awarded to appellees in state court litigation excepted from discharge under § 523(a)(17)

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. This appeal followed. We REVERSE and REMAND.

I.FACTS

These facts are taken essentially verbatim from the bankruptcy court’s published decision,

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