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Tuition As A Fraudulent Transfer, David G. Carlson Jan 2020

Tuition As A Fraudulent Transfer, David G. Carlson

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Bankruptcy trustees are suing universities because the insolvent parent of an adult student has written a tuition check while insolvent. The theory is that the university is the initial transferee of a fraudulent transfer that has provided benefit to the student but not to the parent debtor. This article claims that the university is never the initial transferee of tuition dollars. Rather, the student is. Where the university has no knowledge of parent insolvency, the university can count educating the student as a good faith transfer for value, thus immunizing the university from liability. The unpleasant side effect is that …


The Logical Structure Of Fraudulent Transfers And Equitable Subordination, David G. Carlson Oct 2003

The Logical Structure Of Fraudulent Transfers And Equitable Subordination, David G. Carlson

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