Snooze, you lose. See a bankruptcy attorney immediately if you are the beneficiary of a property settlement agreement or an indemnity agreement with your former spouse. Finding a bankruptcy lawyer. Effect of listing a marital debt on the schedules Just because a creditor is listed by the debtor on the bankruptcy schedules does not make the creditor's claim dischargeable . The debtor is required to list all debts on the schedules, even debts that are acknowledged to be non dischargeable.
Support is non dischargeable without action on the part of the receiving spouse.
See Contesting Dischargeability. If you know about the bankruptcy, whether from the court or through the grapevine, you are charged with finding out what is going on and taking steps to protect your interests, if necessary.