Hoffman v. Hoffman’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “in that the debtor in Perlow specifically listed Ms. Perlow as an unsecured creditor with priority, noting that the claim was “contingent, disputed, unliquidated, Division of Marital Property.” In addition, the Perlow debtor filed a notice with the Bankruptcy Court with service upon Ms. Perlow stating “all matters of equitable distribution will be requested to be completed by the Bankruptcy Court” and that “it is the contention of the plaintiff that upon the determination of equitable distribution by the Bankruptcy Court that all matters concerning distribution of property in this action should be dismissed.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 123 N.C. App. 733 - Justice v. Justice

2. “[husband] could have elected to invoke the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy court to determine the marital property rights of [wife], but he elected not to do so.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 123 N.C. App. 733 - Justice v. Justice

3. “[husband] failed to list [wife] as a creditor or to otherwise alert her to the fact that her equitable distribution rights were pending in the bankruptcy.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 123 N.C. App. 733 - Justice v. Justice