If you have an obligation for alimony, maintenance or support, it is a domestic support obligation in your bankruptcy case, even if you were completely up to date in payments under your agreement or order at the time your case was filed.

If you owe a domestic support obligation, being a debtor in Chapter 13 makes it more critical than ever to stay up todate on all payments coming due after the bankruptcy petition is filed. The BankruptcyCourt cannot confirm your Chapter 13 plan unless all post-petition alimony, maintenanceand support payments are current at the time of confirmation. Once you successfullycomplete the payments due under you plan, the Court cannot process your bankruptcydischarge unless you continue to be up to date with all post-petition domestic supportpayments at the time of discharge. Obviously, keeping current with such payments isanother very important factor in the success of a Chapter 13 case.