Stopka v. Commercial Embroidery, Inc.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE RIZZI

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Ron Stopka, Sam Rarris and Dick Dellinger, are judgment creditors of defendants, Commercial Embroidery, Inc. (CEI), and Matthew Liuzza, president of CEI. Respondent, Helena Liuzza, is Matthew’s wife. Plaintiffs filed a petition for a turnover of assets against respondent, alleging that Matthew transferred his undivided one-half beneficial ownership of a land trust to respondent, and that this transfer was merely a sham to evade and defraud plaintiffs. The trial court denied plaintiffs’ petition. We reverse and remand.

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