Huddleston v. Chesnut (In Re Rector)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS TO DEFENDANT, THELMA COSSON

CLIVE W. BARE, Bankruptcy Judge.

At issue in this adversary proceeding is whether payments in the total amount of $1500 made to a court reporter and two attorneys within 90 days of the filing of the debtor’s bankruptcy petition may be avoided by the bankruptcy trustee as preferential transfers. 11 U.S.C. § 547(b).

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In October 1980 Sandra Rector and Michael Lee Rector obtained a divorce in the Circuit Court for Washington County in Jonesboro, Tennessee. The judgment required Michael Rector to pay $1500 into…