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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND

In re: BETTY I. FRENCH * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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Case No. 01-6-3163-JS

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RANDY LEE FRENCH et al. v. GEORGE LIEBMANN, TRUSTEE

Civil Action No. WMN-04-1947

MEMORANDUM This is an appeal from a Bankruptcy Court decision under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code1 which avoided as fraudulent the transfer of certain real property located in the Bahamas. The underlying facts are largely uncontested.

At issue is the permissible extraterritorial reach of Section 548. Apparently, no other federal court has addressed this

specific issue in a reported decision, aside from the decision of Bankruptcy Judge James F. Schneider in this action, Liebmann v. French, 303 B.R. 774 (Bankr. D. Md. 2003). The facts underlying Judge Schneider's decision follow. The Debtor, Betty I. French, acquired the property in question in November 1976. The Debtor asserts, and this Court accepts

for the purposes of this appeal, that she gifted the deed to the real property to her children, Appellants Randy Lee French

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