Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice: 10.4.2.6.6 Postpetition transfers—§ 549
In line with the general principle that filing a bankruptcy freezes the debtor’s property for administration by the bankruptcy court, section 549 allows the trustee to avoid most postpetition transfers of the debtor’s property. Like the other avoiding powers, this power may be exercised by the debtor under Code section 522(h), if the property was not concealed and the transfer was not voluntary. As elsewhere in the Code, “transfer” is broadly defined to mean almost any parting with an interest in property.657