Ohio Code 1336.05 – Claims arising before the transfer or obligation incurred
(A) A transfer made or an obligation incurred by a debtor is fraudulent as to a creditor whose claim arose before the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred if the debtor made the transfer or incurred the obligation without receiving a reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the transfer or obligation and the debtor was insolvent at that time or the debtor became insolvent as a result of the transfer or obligation.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 1336.05
- Claim: means a right to payment, whether or not the right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured, or unsecured. See Ohio Code 1336.01
- Creditor: means a person who has a claim. See Ohio Code 1336.01
- Debt: means liability on a claim. See Ohio Code 1336.01
- Debtor: means a person who is liable on a claim. See Ohio Code 1336.01
- Insider: includes all of the following:
(1) If the debtor is an individual, any of the following:
(a) A relative of the debtor or of a general partner of the debtor;
(b) A partnership in which the debtor is a general partner;
(c) A general partner in a partnership described in division (G)(1)(b) of this section;
(d) A corporation of which the debtor is a director, officer, or person in control. See Ohio Code 1336.01
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Transfer: means every direct or indirect, absolute or conditional, and voluntary or involuntary method of disposing of or parting with an asset or an interest in an asset, and includes payment of money, release, lease, and creation of a lien or other encumbrance. See Ohio Code 1336.01
(B) A transfer made or an obligation incurred by a debtor is fraudulent as to a creditor whose claim arose before the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred if the transfer was made to or the obligation was incurred with respect to an insider for an antecedent debt, the debtor was insolvent at that time, and the insider had reasonable cause to believe that the debtor was insolvent.