United States Bankruptcy Court For The Western District Of Michigan Supplemental Opinion Regarding Sale-Related Motion On the record at the court s April 29, 2010 Grand Rapids motion day, over the strenuous objection of City Realty Corporation ( City ), the court announced its intention to approve a sale of the bankruptcy estate s interest, if any, in thirteen limited-liability companies (the Llc Interests ) to Dan Holwerda, the brother and business partner of Chapter 7 Debtor, Gregory ...
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Chief Judge Scott W. Dales Opinions
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Chief Judge Scott W. Dales
Applicable Law Section 547(b) allows a trustee to avoid a transfer of property from a debtor to a creditor on account of an antecedent debt owed by the debtor prior to the transfer, if the transfer was made within ninety days of a debtor s bankruptcy filing, and if at the time of the transfer, the debtor was insolvent. 101(12). Because the agreement between the Debtors and the Defendants was made before the Debtors filed for relief, the court must regard the Defendants as creditors if ...
The Kolesars made these representations to induce Mr. Freeland to cause Free Land Llc (the Llc ) to mortgage approximately 49 acres of farm land in Indiana (the Indiana Farm ), purportedly so the parties could use it as earnest money for a series of corporate transactions in which the Kolesars and Mr. Freeland were interested (collectively the Transaction ). In a nutshell, the Kolesars duped Mr. Freeland and the Llc into pledging the Indiana Farm to secure debts that the Kolesars or ...
Opinion And Order Regarding Plaintiff S Motion For Summary Judgment Present: Honorable Scott W. Dales United States Bankruptcy Judge Plaintiff Kelly M. Hagan, as Chapter 7 Trustee, commenced this fraudulent conveyance proceeding against Defendant Mary Jo Goldstein, the wife of Chapter 7 Debtor Scott M. Goldstein, to avoid and recover $650,000.00 in prepetition transfers. . Because this adversary proceeding seeks to avoid prepetition transfers as fraudulent,...
First, Laura Kelsey ( Dr. Kelsey ) complains that Mr. Fitzgerald committed legal malpractice in connection with his Page 2 of 10 supposed representation of her and her estranged husband, Dan Kelsey, in a specific business transaction. Given the record evidence of a pervasive and long-standing attorney-client relationship between Mr. Fitzgerald and Dr. Kelsey and her husband, it is reasonable to infer for purposes of this Motion only that Mr. Fitzgerald represented Dr. Kelsey in connection ...
The Debtor and her co-Debtor, Brian S. Driesenga, through counsel, disclosed to the Chapter 7 Trustee, Jeff A. Moyer (the Bankruptcy Trustee ), the existence of the Trust and the Debtors contention that Ms. Driesenga s interest as a beneficiary is not included within the property of the estate. The Bankruptcy Trustee takes a different view of Ms. Driesenga s rights under the Trust, and on February 25, 2010 filed a Motion for Turnover of Trust Interest and Proceeds, Life Insurance Interest ...
Memorandum Of Opinion And Order Present: Honorable Scott W. Dales United States Bankruptcy Judge On August 22, 2007, the court entered an Order confirming the Chapter 13 Plan of Debtors Daniel and Yadira DeAvila (the Debtors ). Nine months later, the Debtors proposed to amend their plan to surrender the mortgaged premises to the Creditor, to reduce plan payments, and to reduce the dividend to unsecured creditors. Their proposed amendment, which provides ...
Order Regarding Defendant S Motion For Partial Summary Judgment Present: Honorable Scott W. Dales United States Bankruptcy Judge This adversary proceeding promises to resolve most of the disputes between the Plaintiff Frontier Energy, Llc ( Frontier or Plaintiff ) and the Defendant Aurora Energy, Ltd. ( Aurora ),1 arising out of, or otherwise related to, a lawsuit that Frontier filed against Aurora in Michigan s Charlevoix County Circuit Court (the ...
The court held a trial on May 12, 2010 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, during which Mark Cappetta ( Mr. Cappetta ) and Joleen Christine ( Ms. Christine ) testified. Capp Equities timely filed an adversary proceeding against the Christines under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(2) on August 18, 2008, claiming that the Christines made fraudulent misrepresentations to induce Capp Equities to purchase the Building. Page 5 of 16 A. Count I -- The Water Bills Capp Equities contends the Christines misrepresented that ...
United States Bankruptcy Court For The Western District Of Michigan In re: James Todd Wierenga and Susan Elizabeth Woody, Debtors, Case No. (Transcript 12-13). At no point in the Transcript, or through other evidence, has the Plaintiff shown that Ms. Woody assisted or otherwise supported Mr. Wierenga in removing the Improvements for sale. (Transcript 11). Furthermore, Mr. Wierenga admitted he knew the Property was owned by the Plaintiff at the time he ...