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Impact of Bankruptcy on Equitable Distribution

By Myrna Felder
January 31, 2007

Just when we think that the practice of matrimonial law is as complicated as it can get, a case comes down which reminds us of another level of difficulty.

In Musso v. Ostashiko, New York Law Journal, Nov. 14, 2006, p. 23, col. 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit definitely resolved one of the many questions that arise from the interaction between matrimonial and bankruptcy law ' an interaction which has been occurring with ever greater frequency over the years.

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