Marine Midland Bank v. Portnoy (In Re Portnoy)

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• noting that concealment may be accomplished by a transfer of title to property combined with the retention of the benefits of ownership
• noting “[e]quity would not countenance” the practice attempted by the debt- or
• “[T]he appropriate inquiry is the quantum necessary for the debtor’s and his family’s ‘reasonable requirements’ for support, keeping in mind that ‘no man should be permitted to live at the same time in luxury and in debt.’” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).