Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109A, § 12 (2026)

Application and construction

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Section 12. This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states which enact it.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1992–2024 · leading case: Cavadi v. DeYeso, 941 N.E.2d 23 (Mass. 2011).

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Cavadi v. DeYeso, 941 N.E.2d 23 (Mass. 2011). “We turn to the question of the continuing vitality of the non-statutory action to reach and apply and DeYeso’s principal argument that the enactment of UFTA supersedes any claim to reach and apply property that has been fraudulently conveyed.”

Ferrari v. Barclays Bus. Credit, Inc. (In Re Morse Tool, Inc.), 148 B.R. 97 (Bankr. D. Mass. 1992). “” G.L. c. 109A, § 12. Where Massachusetts law is silent, the Court may look to the law of other jurisdictions that have adopted the UFCA, Moody v.”

Cruickshank v. Dixon (In re Blast Fitness Grp., LLC), 603 B.R. 219 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2019). “" *238 Mass. Gen Laws ch. 109A, § 12. Sections 5 and 6 of the UFTA are analogous to 11 U.”

Butler v. Wojtkun (In re Wojtkun), 534 B.R. 435 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2015). “Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109A, § 5(b)(10). . Mass.”

Goldsmith v. O'Beirne (Bankr. D. Mass. 2024). “2015) (looking to cases under the corresponding section of the Uniform Transfer Act as adopted in other jurisdictions and the Bankruptcy Code to determine the meaning of “reasonably equivalent value” for purposes of constructively fraudulent transfers under Chapter 109A § 6(a)…”

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