Bankr. L. Rep. P 76,999, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4015, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 6506 in Re Alan J. Sternberg, Debtor. Amy R. Friedkin, Formerly, Amy R. Sternberg v. Alan J. Sternberg

85 F.3d 1400 Bankr. L. Rep. P 76,999, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4015 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 6506 In re Alan J. STERNBERG, Debtor. Amy R. FRIEDKIN, formerly, Amy R. Sternberg, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alan J. STERNBERG, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-15414. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 16, 1996. Decided June 5, 1996. Joel K. Belway, San Rafael, California, for defendant-appellant. Howard D. Neal, Neal & Associates, Oakland, California, for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California D. Lowell Jensen, District Judge, Presiding, D.C. No. CV-94-03392. Before: ALARCON, BEEZER, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. ALARCON, Circuit Judge: 1 Alan J. Sternberg ("Sternberg") is a debtor in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Amy R. Friedkin ("Friedkin"), Sternberg's former spouse, filed a complaint in Sternberg's Chapter 11 case which sought a determination that certain monthly sums owed to her by Sternberg were spousal support payments and thus nondischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523 (a)(5). The bankruptcy court determined that the monthly payments were intended to be spousal support and entered judgment…