Pub. L. 109-8, tit. II, subtit. B, sec. 215

NONDISCHARGEABILITY OF CERTAIN DEBTS FOR ALIMONY, MAINTENANCE, AND SUPPORT.

EnactedYear: 2005Length: 117 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 215. NONDISCHARGEABILITY OF CERTAIN DEBTS FOR ALIMONY, MAINTENANCE, AND SUPPORT. Section 523 of title 11, United States Code, is amended—(1) in subsection (a)—(A) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:“(5) for a domestic support obligation;”; and(B) by striking paragraph (18); (2) in subsection (c), by striking “(6), or (15)” each place it appears and inserting “or (6)”; and(3) in paragraph (15), as added by Public Law 103–394 (108 Stat. 4133)—(A) by inserting “to a spouse, former spouse, or child of the debtor and” before “not of the kind”;(B) by inserting “or” after “court of record,”; and(C) by striking “unless—” and all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting a semicolon.119 STAT. 55