If a court orders you to pay a debt, you should make every attempt to pay it. Otherwise, the court could put a judgment lien on your property, which could hurt your chances of selling the property.

The relative ease of beginning a real property execution does not mean this step should be taken in all cases. This article discusses the significant issues to be considered. Judgment enforcement ...

Section 510(b) of the Bankruptcy Code provides a mechanism designed to preserve the creditor/shareholder risk allocation paradigm by categorically subordinating claims asserted against a debtor by ...

In an opinion filed on Feb. 13, the Pennsylvania Superior Court strictly upheld the general commonwealth rule that a purchaser of real property is not bound to look for judgments beyond the local ...

At the end of a lawsuit, the prevailing party often ends up with a final judgment awarding it some monetary amount from the losing party. This amount can include amounts for damages, attorney fees and ...

A factor may receive notice from a judgment creditor that the judgment creditor holds a judgment lien on the accounts of the factor’s client, and be tempted to ignore the notice, since the judgment ...

Dad was a debtor and owned 49% LLC (Mom owned 49%, and Son owned the other 2%). Creditor first moved to reverse veil-pierce the LLC, and the Court denied this request. Creditor then obtained a ...

The Laredo Morning Times features a summary and limited display of public records and legal filings with information obtained ...

» A judgment lien is a lien imposed on a judgment debtor’s nonexempt personal property. A judgment lien securing the unpaid amount of any judgment may be acquired on a judgment debtor’s interest in ...

A federal judge tossed a borrower's claim that Truist Bank had to release a mortgage lien on his Florida home.

A judgment lien securing the unpaid amount of any judgment may be acquired on a judgment debtor’s interest in personal property in this state. A judgment lien is acquired after the judgment has become ...