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 ...

Q: I have an interesting scenario that's unlike any I can find described online. I have won a substantial judgment from a court case with former tenants. The judgment has gone unpaid for several years ...

There are many issues to consider when pursuing homestead property and navigating through Article 52 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules, which governs judgment enforcement, can be challenging.

As too many judgment creditors know (or sometimes quickly learn), a judgment is often not worth much more than the paper on which it is printed. One important exception, however, is when the judgment ...

HB 2617 is significantly altering the Arizona homestead exemption laws on December 31, 2021. Under current law, up to $150,000 in equity proceeds in a debtor’s home is exempt from collection by ...

Q. My niece sold her home last year. She had some outstanding debt which was discovered during the title search, so at closing money was held in escrow to pay the debt. All was paid except for one, ...

Whitefish is inching toward another step in the nearly 10-year journey to build affordable housing on land once known as the “Snow Lot” as city staff prepare for a potential public bidding process, ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Doretha Clemons, Ph.D., MBA, PMP, has been a corporate IT executive and professor for 34 ...

Q. I loaned money to a neighbor some years back and he never paid me back. I filed a lawsuit and obtained a judgment against him for $5,000. Shortly after that he lost his job and had some other ...

Question: We own a townhouse in a homeowner association that shares a wall with our next-door neighbor. We also own a detached single-family dwelling in a gated community some 50 miles away where the ...