3d-party Guarantor of a Bail Bond Can Discharge Debt in Bankruptcy

In re Sandoval, 2008 WL 4173090 (9/11/08) (Published) - A debt incurred by a debtor who has guaranteed a bail bonds person to make the bail bonds person whole if the criminal defendant jumps bail is dischargeable in bankruptcy. The debt is not a "fine, penalty or forfeiture payable to and for the benefit of a governmental unit," since the debtor owed the bail bonds person, not a government agency.