The following excerpt is from In re Frey, 212 BR 728 (Bankr. N.D.N.Y. 1996):
4 It is improper to examine the parties' present financial conditions to determine whether an obligation is currently necessary for maintenance or support, as such inquiry "would put federal courts in the position of modifying matrimonial decrees of state courts, thus interfering with the delicate state systems for dealing with the dissolutions of marriages. . . ." Forsdick v. Turgeon, 812 F.2d 801, 803-04 (2d Cir.1987); see also Gianakas, 917 F.2d at 763 (finding that inquiry of bankruptcy court regarding whether obligation is necessary for support or maintenance should be limited to nature of obligation at time it was undertaken).
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