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092871P.pdf   07/20/2011  Nancy Burnett  v.  Clarence Burnett
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-2871
   Appeal from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Beam and Benton, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - bankruptcy. Section 1327(a) of the code affords the
   confirmed plan res judicata effect and bars debtor's ex-spouse's attempt in
   a collateral state-court proceeding to expand her entitlement to relief to
   include interest on her pre-petition spousal support; to the extent the BAP
   awarded ex-spouse interest on her pre-petition spousal support, the order
   is reversed, and the matter is remanded to the bankruptcy court with
   instructions that it order the family court to deduct from its judgment any
   portion thereof that is attributable to the accrued interest on pre-petition
   spousal support.