West v. Christensen (In re Christensen)

MEMORANDUM DECISION

WILLIAM T. THURMAN, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter comes before the Court on the Trustee’s motion for summary judgment and the Defendant’s cross-motion for summary judgment. Louis Christensen (“Debtor”) filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy on July 22, 2011. The Trustee filed a complaint on July 11, 2013 against Defendant Marlese Christensen (“Defendant”), the Debtor’s former wife, to recover an alleged fraudulent transfer or a preferential transfer in the amount of $120,000.

A hearing on the second motion for summary judgment was conducted on May 5, 2016. At that…