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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109A, § 1 (2026)

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Section 1. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act.

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Cited in 28 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1932–2024 · leading case: Husky Int'l Elec., Inc. v. Ritz, 136 S. Ct. 1581 (2016).

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Husky Int'l Elec., Inc. v. Ritz, 136 S. Ct. 1581 (2016). “The degree to which this statute remains embed- ded in laws related to fraud today clarifies that the common-law term “actual fraud” is broad enough to incorporate a fraudulent conveyance.”

Welford v. Nobrega, 565 N.E.2d 1239 (Mass. App. Ct. 1991). · cites it 2× “6 *99 To summarize: the judge ruled that (i) because Gerald bought, signed and presented the ticket for payment he was the sole owner of the ticket; (ii) the transfer of the winnings to the trust for the benefit of Gerald and Jacqueline, in substance, was a fraudulent transfer,…”

Hildebrandt v. Collins (In Re Hildebrandt), 320 B.R. 40 (1st Cir. BAP 2005). “1995) (citing Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109A, § 1); see also Boston Trading Group, Inc.”

Schussel v. Werfel, 758 F.3d 82 (1st Cir. 2014). “Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109A, §§ 1 et seq. (1995).”

DuMont v. Godbey, 415 N.E.2d 188 (Mass. 1981). “But where a divorce is imminent, a spouse may be a “creditor” under the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, G. L. c. 109A, § 1, entitled to complain of conveyances designed to frustrate the right to alimony or assignment of property.”

De Prins v. Michaeles, 236 F. Supp. 3d 482 (D. Mass. 2017). “214, § 3(8)3 authorizes a statutory reach and apply action to reach assets that have been conveyed by the defendant debtor to a third party with intent to defeat, delay, or defraud the debtor’s creditors and is coextensive with the Massachusetts Uniform Fraudulent Transfers Act,…”

In Re Lyons, 355 B.R. 387 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2006). “In the state court proceeding, Green Valley argued that the Debtor’s homestead should be avoided as a fraudulent conveyance under Mass. Gen. Laws. Ann. ch. 109A, § 1 et seq.”

Ferrari v. Barclays Bus. Credit, Inc. (In Re Morse Tool, Inc.), 108 B.R. 384 (Bankr. D. Mass. 1989). “In the Morse Tool bankruptcy, the Trustee brings his fraudulent conveyance suit on behalf of creditors as an ancillary action to the creditors’ claims against the estate, most of which arise from contracts with the debtor, but many of which arise from tax and employment-related…”

Sheffield Progressive, Inc. v. Kingston Tool Co., 405 N.E.2d 985 (Mass. App. Ct. 1980). “Moreover, Worcester’s “voluntary” foreclosure whereby it released or waived its rights in an equity of more than $2,000,000 is no less a “conveyance” than a transfer by written instrument.”

Feinman v. Messia (In Re Messia), 184 B.R. 176 (Bankr. D. Mass. 1995). “"The trustee may avoid any transfer of an interest of the debtor in property or any obligation incurred by the debtor that is voidable under applicable law by a creditor holding an unsecured claim 3 .”

In Re Lowenstein, 361 B.R. 326 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2007). “§§ 544 (b) and 550, and Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109A, § 1 et seq. *329 (repealed 1996), 2 the Trustee, through his Complaint, sought to avoid the following transfers and to recover the property transferred or its value: 1) the March 1, 1990 transfer of property located at 81 Harbor…”

Argus Mgmt. Grp. v. Chanin Capital Partners, LLC (In re CVEO Corp.), 320 B.R. 258 (Bankr. D. Del. 2005). “See Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109A, §§ 1 et seq. (2004).”

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