Marriage of Williams CA5

DISCUSSION

Husband, representing himself on appeal, contends:

“The Family Court lost it’s [sic] Jurisdiction over payment of any equalization payment when [he] received his chapter 13 discharge per [title 11 United States Code section 1328(a).]”

3 We decline to address any contentions that are not listed “under a separate heading or subheading” in Husband’s opening brief, in violation of rule 8.204(a)(1)(B) of the California Rules of Court. (See, e.g., Silverado Modjeska Recreation & Park Dist. v. County of Orange (2011) 197 Cal.App.4th 282, 314, fn. 24; Sierra Club v. City of Orange (2008) 163 Cal.App.4th 523, 542.)

3. “Property settlement payments ordered in dissolution proceedings to effect the equitable division of community property, as opposed to payments for spousal or child support, are dischargeable in bankruptcy.” (In re Marriage of Lynn (2002) 101 Cal.App.4th 120, 125; see 11 U.S.C. §§ 523(a)(5), 727.) “[T]he discharge of a debt in bankruptcy operates as an injunction prohibiting a creditor thereafter from taking any action to collect or recover the debt.” (In re Marriage of Lynn, supra, at p. 125.) “A debtor who completes his payments under a Chapter 13 plan is…