Lauderdale v. Papadopoulos

Case: 06-20879 Document: 00511753738 Page: 1 Date Filed: 02/09/2012
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
February 9, 2012
No. 06-20879 Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
In The Matter Of: TERESA LAUDERDALE, for herself and on behalf of her
two minor children, JK age 5, DK age 8
Debtor
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TERESA LAUDERDALE, for herself and on behalf of her two minor children,
JK age 5, DK age 8
Appellant
v.
IMOGEN S PAPADOPOULOS
Appellee
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. 4:06-CV-2284
Before REAVLEY, DAVIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
The judgment of the district court is affirmed for the reasons given by that
court. As was explained, this court held in Dvorak v. Carlson, 986 F.2d 940 (5th
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
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Cir. 1993), that attorney fees owed to the guardian/attorney ad litem of a child
are not dischargeable. The court repeated that holding in Hudson v. Raggio, 107
F.3d 355 (5th Cir. 1997). The decision of the Tenth Circuit in Lowther v.
Lowther, 321 F.3d 946 (10th Cir 2002), is not favorable to the appellant here,
because that court found unique circumstances for the one case and rejected the
view that an exception should be allowed for a custodial parent.
AFFIRMED
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