Legal Opinion
In Re Darrell Ray Atchison and Anola Marie Atchison, Debtors. Charles E. Jones, Trustee v. Anola Marie Atchison
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 18, 1991No. 89-3715PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILL, Senior District Judge.
Anola Atchison and her husband Darrell Atchison filed for joint bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code less than three months after she disclaimed an inheritance under her father’s will, causing the property to pass to the couple’s children. Charles Jones, the appointed trustee, filed a complaint which alleged that Anola Atchison’s disclaimer was voidable under Section 548(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 548(a), which permits, under certain circumstances, a trustee to avoid a debtor’s transfer of an interest in property made within one year of the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Butner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Tompkins State Bank v. NilesIllinois Supreme Court · 1989
- Nashville City Bank & Trust Co. v. Peery (In Re Peery)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1984
- Bankr. L. Rep. P 67,262 in Re Guy Robert Detlefsen, Bankrupt. J. J. Mickelson, Trustee v. Guy Robert Detlefsen and Paine, Webber, Jackson and CurtisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
- Hoecker v. United Bank of BoulderCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- Matter of SimpsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Bigelow v. Brown (In Re Brown)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1994
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