Heaper v. Brown (In Re Heaper)

SCHERMER, Bankruptcy Judge.

Melvin Albert Heaper, his wife Ruby Emma Lee Heaper (the “Debtors”) together with their adult daughter, Mary Egan, appeal an order from the bankruptcy court entering judgment in favor of Jack E. Brown, the chapter 7 trustee (the “Trustee”) on the Trustee’s complaint to avoid an allegedly fraudulent transfer of real property by the Debtors to their daughter. The Trustee proceeded under § 544 of the Bankruptcy Code and Missouri’s Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act (Mo.Rev.Stat. § 428.020 et seq. (1986)) (“MUFCA”) which was in effect at the time of the transfer.

Prior to…