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Kendall v. Carbatt (In re Carbatt)

Kendall v. Carbatt (In re Carbatt)

Ruling
Transfer of marital home to former spouse for reasonably equivalent value was not avoidable nor was subsequent transfer from former spouse to her mother.
Procedural posture

Chapter 7 trustee sought to avoid the prepetition transfer by debtor to defendant ex-wife of his interest in their family home and in an unsecured promissory note pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 548(a) and 544(b). He also sought to recover the transfers or their value from the wife pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 550(a)(1) and with respect to his interest in the house, from defendant, the wife's mother, as a subsequent transferee pursuant to section 550(a)(2).

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opinion summary, case decided on December 19, 2006 , LexisNexis #0207-005