Court Opinion

ID: 9707701
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 02:19:12.162031+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:41:45.391292
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BRANDT, Bankruptcy Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the result, but respectfully disagree with the analysis: we are to discern a party’s standing without reference to the merits of her suit, Warth v. Seldin, 422 U.S. 490, 500, 95 S.Ct. 2197, 45 L.Ed.2d 343 (1975), and that Ms. Ashton’s action is doomed to fail does not negate her standing. Construction Indus. Ret. Fund v. Kasper Trucking, Inc., 10 F.3d 465, 467 (7th Cir.1993).
As so ably stated by Judge Hillman in Zimmerman v. Soderlund (In re Soder-lund), 197 B.R. 742, 746-48 (Bankr. D.Mass.1996), whatever the legislative history may say, § 523(a)(15) does not preclude a third party claim.
*498I would hold that Ms. Ashton has standing, but affirm because she has failed to prove up her default.