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Exceptions To Discharge: The Supreme Court Adopts A Preponderance Of The Evidence Standard Of Proof In Section 523 Proceedings, Andrew Kessler Jan 1991

Exceptions To Discharge: The Supreme Court Adopts A Preponderance Of The Evidence Standard Of Proof In Section 523 Proceedings, Andrew Kessler

Nova Law Review

Section 523 of the Bankruptcy Reform Act' lists ten categories of

debts which are excepted from discharge.2 The standard of proof necessary

to establish the nondischargeability3 of debts under this section

was until recently unclear.