In a ruling that affects all cases involving divorce and bankruptcy, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that a divorcing spouse cannot use the law to get out of a settlement obligation to their ex.

In a reversal issued Nov. 13, Judge Mary Jane Bowes said that the case law the lower court used for guidance—the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s 2003 holding in Hogg v. Hogg—no longer applies. That’s because the 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act took the opposite stand. Bowes was joined by Judge Jacqueline Shogan and Senior Judge Dan Pellegrini.

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