FREE DOWNLOAD: Collier Family Law & the Bankruptcy Code-Lien and Transfer Avoidance in Connection With Marital or Family Obligations
This is a portion of the “Lien and Transfer Avoidance in Connection With Marital or Family Obligations” chapter from Collier Family Law and the Bankruptcy Code. This chapter includes topics such as general principles governing the trustee's avoiding powers under sections 544-553 of the Bankruptcy Code; avoidance of judicial liens under section 522(f)(1)(A); the trustee’s powers under section 544; and the trustee’s power to avoid preferences under section 547.
For both the general practitioner and the matrimonial specialist, Collier Family Law and the Bankruptcy Code is a comprehensive, practice-oriented guide to the impact of bankruptcy on family law issues. In this treatise, Collier Co-Editor-in-Chief Henry J. Sommer and Hon. Margaret Dee McGarity, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, examine the Bankruptcy Code with emphasis on provisions directly related to family law.
Coverage includes:
• Overview of the bankruptcy process
• Overlap of bankruptcy court jurisdiction and state family court jurisdiction
• Determining the debtor's interest in marital property
• Special issues involving community property
• Effects of Chapter 13 on current alimony and support obligations and on modification and enforcement of support obligations
• Effect of the automatic stay on on-going family court actions