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PUBLIC LAW 109-000—MMMM. DD, 2005

119 STAT. 54

PUBLIC LAW 109–8—APR. 20, 2005 all amounts payable under such order or such statute that are due on or before the date of the certification (including amounts due before the petition was filed, but only to the extent provided for by the plan) have been paid’’ after ‘‘completion by the debtor of all payments under the plan’’. SEC. 214. EXCEPTIONS TO AUTOMATIC STAY IN DOMESTIC SUPPORT OBLIGATION PROCEEDINGS.

Section 362(b) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: ‘‘(2) under subsection (a)— ‘‘(A) of the commencement or continuation of a civil action or proceeding— ‘‘(i) for the establishment of paternity; ‘‘(ii) for the establishment or modification of an order for domestic support obligations; ‘‘(iii) concerning child custody or visitation; ‘‘(iv) for the dissolution of a marriage, except to the extent that such proceeding seeks to determine the division of property that is property of the estate; or ‘‘(v) regarding domestic violence; ‘‘(B) of the collection of a domestic support obligation from property that is not property of the estate; ‘‘(C) with respect to the withholding of income that is property of the estate or property of the debtor for payment of a domestic support obligation under a judicial or administrative order or a statute; ‘‘(D) of the withholding, suspension, or restriction of a driver’s license, a professional or occupational license, or a recreational license, under State law, as specified in section 466(a)(16) of the Social Security Act; ‘‘(E) of the reporting of overdue support owed by a parent to any consumer reporting agency as specified in section 466(a)(7) of the Social Security Act; ‘‘(F) of the interception of a tax refund, as specified in sections 464 and 466(a)(3) of the Social Security Act or under an analogous State law; or ‘‘(G) of the enforcement of a medical obligation, as specified under title IV of the Social Security Act;’’. SEC. 215. NONDISCHARGEABILITY OF CERTAIN DEBTS FOR ALIMONY, MAINTENANCE, AND SUPPORT.

Section 523 of title 11, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following: ‘‘(5) for a domestic support obligation;’’; and (B) by striking paragraph (18); (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(6), or (15)’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘or (6)’’; and (3) in paragraph (15), as added by Public Law 103–394 (108 Stat. 4133)— (A) by inserting ‘‘to a spouse, former spouse, or child of the debtor and’’ before ‘‘not of the kind’’; (B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘court of record,’’; and (C) by striking ‘‘unless—’’ and all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting a semicolon.

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