Strauss v. Hollis (In re Matlock)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JERRY W. VENTERS, Bankruptcy Judge.

Under most circumstances, there is nothing unfair or suspect about a parent providing financial assistance to a child purchasing a home. And that appears to be all that the Defendant, Terry Hollis (“Hollis”), did in this case. He provided several loans to his daughter and her husband, Debtors Shawna and Mark Matlock (“Matlocks” or “Debtors”), to facilitate the purchase of a new home. To their credit, the Matlocks agreed to, and did in fact, repay these loans contemporaneously with or soon after they consummated the purchase of their new…