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My question involves bankruptcy in the state of: Indiana
My exes divorce decree speaks to a property settlement in lieu of a pension settlement which due to the nature of my job is a state pension and private pension. In the decree it is labeled as a property settlement to be paid in a lump jump over a ten year period. A letter was sent to my ex to notifiy her the property settlement would be null and void once the bankruptcy is complete. No response was given from her by the standard 21 day time frame. Will she have a defense that she never received the letter or since she failed to notify the court of ther change of address is this big OOPS on her?
Yes, of course that could be a possible defense. Its also not necessarily an oops on her part at all if you knew she did not live at that address anymore.

However, there is another thing for you to consider. The property settlement that you came to, giving her a lump sum in lieu of a pension settlement, was just that, in lieu. If you discharge that lump sum in bankruptcy, then she would have every right to reopen the divorce case and have you instructed to pay out her share of the pension monthly, as you receive it, once you retire.