Does a bankruptcy judge have a duty to discharge a debt that is nondischargeable for gross abuse of discretion?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Gionis, In re, 92 F.3d 1192 (9th Cir. 1996):
2 By the same token, this court has reviewed a bankruptcy court's determination that a debt at issue is nondischargeable for a "gross abuse of discretion," given that "the right to a discharge in bankruptcy is a matter generally left to the sound discretion of the bankruptcy judge...." Shaver v. Shaver, 736 F.2d 1314, 1316 (9th Cir.1984). Under either standard, we affirm.
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