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"DANVILLE &ndash; U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Gerald Fines of Danville slammed the brakes on a trial over attorney Gary Peel's divorce contract, calling off the trial on a day's notice.<br /><br />  Fines had planned to hear the dispute Feb. 3, as visiting judge at the federal courthouse in East St. Louis. On Feb. 3 he continued it.<br /><br />  Something changed his mind quickly, for three days earlier he had denied a motion of Peel's former wife, Deborah J. Peel, to continue the trial.<br /><br />  The Feb. 2 docket does not cite any reconsideration of Deborah J. Peel's motion. Fines apparently continued the trial without a motion from either side.<br /><br />  Fines did not reset the trial. He set a status conference in three months.<br /><br />  Fines must decide whether the divorce contract the Peels signed in 2003 divided their property or obligated Gary Peel to maintain or support Deborah J. Peel. <br /><br />  According to Gary Peel, the contract divided property. If so, his bankruptcy would freeze her claims and she would stand in line with his bank and other creditors. <br /><br />  According to Deborah J. Peel, the contract required maintenance. If so, the bankruptcy would not apply to her claims and he would have to resume regular payments to her.<br /><br />  Gary Peel still faces a day in court this month, over his Jeep and his watch. <br /><br />  Bankruptcy Judge James Coachys has set a Feb. 17 hearing on a motion to turn over to the court Gary Peel's 2002 Grand Cherokee and his TAG Heuer watch.<br /><br />  Bankruptcy trustee Carla Randolph wrote in the motion that she requested $5,100 for the Jeep and $2,500 for the watch. She wrote that she did not receive the funds. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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