H, separated from W, came to see me over a year ago and hired me to file a Chapter 7. He left some documents and a small deposit but never followed through. W—with different last name– came to see me last week and hired me to file a Chapter 7. W has a different last name and did not identify H as “somebody we have represented”. When I began processing the case I identified H from the W documents—he owes her child support. When I asked W about this she said she did not think we had represented H because he had only said that he saw me. H says he does not want Chapter 7 and wants us to represent W. You have an actual conflict in that the support is not dischargeable and need to inform W of this. You would also want to review the divorce decree or property division orders to see what negative impact would occur for H, if any.
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