Delaware § 7309 Penalties for fraud of petitioner

Delaware Statutes

§ 7309 — Penalties for fraud of petitioner

Delaware § 7309

JurisdictionDelaware

Title10

PartSpecial Proceedings

Ch. 73INSOLVENCY

Subch.Proceedings for Discharge

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Del. Code tit. 10, § 7309 (2026).

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If it appears to the court that the petitioner has fraudulently secreted, transferred, disposed of, or removed any goods, chattels, rights, credits, money, or other property, or has been guilty of deception or fraud in contracting any debt, or has not fully and truly answered the interrogatories proposed, or has committed any fraud by which the petitioner’s creditors may be injured, the petition shall be dismissed and the petitioner remanded.

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If it appears to the court that the petitioner has fraudulently secreted, transferred, disposed of, or removed any goods, chattels, rights, credits, money, or other property, or has been guilty of deception or fraud in contracting any debt, or has not fully and truly answered the interrogatories proposed, or has committed any fraud by which the petitioner’s creditors may be injured, the petition shall be dismissed and the petitioner remanded.