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By Henry E. Hildebrand, III, Chapter 13 Standing Trustee for the Middle District of Tennessee

When the wages of an insolvent spouse are deposited into the couple’s entireties account, both spouses are fraudulent transferees; wage deposits spent on non-necessary expenditures are recoverable from the joint account by determining the proportion to the overall share of wages in the account as a whole. (Ambro) In re Titus, 916 F.3d 293 (3rd Cir. February 20, 2019)

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In 1999, the Pittsburgh law firm of Titus and McConomy dissolved. Paul Titus, a named partner, joined . . .

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