Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-111
Section 5104 - Transfer or obligation voidable as to present or future creditor(a) General rule.--A transfer made or obligation incurred by a debtor is voidable as to a creditor, whether the creditor's claim arose before or after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred, if the debtor made the transfer or incurred the obligation: (1) with actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud any creditor of the debtor; or(2) without receiving a reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the transfer or obligation, and the debtor:(i) was engaged or was about to engage in a business or a transaction for which the remaining assets of the debtor were unreasonably small in relation to the business or transaction; or(ii) intended to incur, or believed or reasonably should have believed that the debtor would incur, debts beyond the debtor's ability to pay as they became due.(b) Certain factors.--In determining actual intent under subsection (a)(1), consideration may be given, among other factors, to whether: (1) the transfer or obligation was to an insider;(2) the debtor retained possession or control of the property transferred after the transfer;(3) the transfer or obligation was disclosed or concealed;(4) before the transfer was made or obligation was incurred, the debtor had been sued or threatened with suit;(5) the transfer was of substantially all the debtor's assets;(6) the debtor absconded;(7) the debtor removed or concealed assets;(8) the value of the consideration received by the debtor was reasonably equivalent to the value of the asset transferred or the amount of the obligation incurred;(9) the debtor was insolvent or became insolvent shortly after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred;(10) the transfer occurred shortly before or shortly after a substantial debt was incurred; and(11) the debtor transferred the essential assets of the business to a lienor who transferred the assets to an insider of the debtor.(c) Burden of proof.--A creditor making a claim for relief under subsection (a) has the burden of proving the elements of the claim for relief by a preponderance of the evidence.Amended by P.L. TBD 2017 No. 78, § 2, eff. 2/20/2018.1993, Dec. 3, P.L. 479, No. 70, § 1, effective in 60 days.