Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit July 6, 2000, 99-55503 (In Re: Paul Alan Leibowitz, Debtor. Paul Alan Leibowitz v. County of Orange Tony Rackauckas, 1 District Attorney of County of Orange)

MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether an absent parent who owes money to the county for child support payments made by the county prior to the entry of a child support order can have that debt discharged in bankruptcy. In two earlier cases, we held that an absent parent was entitled to have such a debt discharged.

See Visness v. Contra Costa County,

57 F.3d 775 (9th Cir.