Estate of Frank Johnson - Page 16




                                       - 105 -                                        
          Commissioner v. Stern, supra at 45; Hagaman v. Commissioner,                
          supra at 183-184.                                                           
               The transfers involved in the instant cases occurred in the            
          State of Florida; therefore, the question of whether transferee             
          liability applies must be determined under the applicable Florida           
          law.  Florida revised its statutory provisions relating to                  
          fraudulent conveyances for years after 1987.  Thus, Florida                 
          Statutes sections 726.01-726.201 apply to transfers occurring               
          before January 1, 1988, while Florida Uniform Fraudulent Transfer           
          Act (FUFTA), Chapter 726 applies to transfers occurring after               
          December 31, 1987.  See 1987 Fla. Laws, ch. 87-79, se. 13;                  
          Advest, Inc. v. Rader, 743 F. Supp. 851, 853 (S.D. Fla. 1990).              
          Nonetheless, the legal and equitable principles of Fla. Stat.               
          section 726.01 continue to apply to post-1987 transfers.  See               
          Fla. Stat. sec. 726.111 (1988);31 Advest, Inc. v. Rader, supra at           
          853-854.                                                                    






               31  Fla. Stat. sec. 726.111 (1988) provides as follows:                
               726.111.  Supplemental provisions                                      
               Unless displaced by the provisions of ss. 726.101-726.112,             
               the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant           
               and the law relating to principal and agent, estoppel,                 
               laches, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake,           
               insolvency, or other validating or invalidating cause,                 
               supplement those provisions.                                           





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