10 Collier bankr.cas.2d 126, Bankr. L. Rep. P 69,760 in the Matter of Eugene L. Reynolds, Elaine M. Reynolds, Alan Eugene Lindner, Michael A. Miltimore, Rosalie A. Miltimore, Robert S. Winterfeld, Debtors. State of Idaho, Department of Health & Welfare v. Eugene L. Reynolds, Alan Eugene Lindner, Michael A. Miltimore, Robert S. Winterfeld, in the Matter of James E. Hazen, Sherry Hazen, Debtors. State of Idaho, Department of Health & Welfare v. James E. Hazen

726 F.2d 1420 10 Collier Bankr.Cas.2d 126 , Bankr. L. Rep. P 69,760 In the Matter of Eugene L. REYNOLDS, Elaine M. Reynolds, Alan Eugene Lindner, Michael A. Miltimore, Rosalie A. Miltimore, Robert S. Winterfeld, Debtors. STATE OF IDAHO, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & WELFARE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Eugene L. REYNOLDS, Alan Eugene Lindner, Michael A. Miltimore, Robert S. Winterfeld, Defendants-Appellees, In the Matter of James E. HAZEN, Sherry Hazen, Debtors. STATE OF IDAHO, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & WELFARE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James E. HAZEN, Defendant-Appellee. Nos. 83-3571, 83-3572. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 13, 1983. Decided Feb. 28, 1984. Christopher D. Bray, Bray & Bernter, Boise, Idaho, for plaintiff-appellant. William Breck Seiniger, Jr., Boise, Idaho, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. Before WALLACE, ALARCON and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges. ALARCON, Circuit Judge: 1 We must decide whether an amendment to 11 U.S.C. Sec. 523 (a)(5)(A), effective August 13, 1981, applies to pending bankruptcy cases in which the debtor filed a petition before that date. The…