Complaint to Avoid and Recover Preferential Transfers

Summary

This form is a Complaint to Avoid and Recover Preferential Transfers to be filed in a bankruptcy proceeding. It is intended as a general drafting aid and will require modification according to the particular circumstances and local rules, practices, and orders entered in the main bankruptcy case. Use this template and customize it for one or more jurisdictions. This template includes practical guidance, drafting notes, alternate clauses, and optional clauses. Adversary proceedings are separate cases that are associated with the main bankruptcy proceeding. The complaint is the first document that will be filed in the adversary proceeding. It consists of a caption page, jurisdictional and venue allegations, factual allegations, claims for relief, a demand for relief, and the signature of the attorney or his or her client. It should be well organized and readable. Part VII of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (Bankruptcy Rules) governs adversary proceedings and incorporates (or ...