{"id":2541,"date":"2022-12-23T18:33:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T00:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2022-12-11T18:36:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T00:36:41","slug":"dormancy-of-texas-divorce-judgment-calculated-from-date-payment-obligation-is-triggered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/dormancy-of-texas-divorce-judgment-calculated-from-date-payment-obligation-is-triggered\/","title":{"rendered":"Dormancy of Texas Divorce Judgment Calculated From Date Payment Obligation Is Triggered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2345 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iStock-1187184203-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"iStock-1187184203-300x200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iStock-1187184203-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iStock-1187184203-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iStock-1187184203-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iStock-1187184203-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iStock-1187184203-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iStock-1187184203-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/iStock-1187184203-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>TEX. CIV. PRAC. &amp; REM. CODE \u00a7 34.001(a) provides that a judgment becomes dormant if a writ of execution is not issued within 10 years of its rendition.\u00a0 A judgment is dormant, execution may not be issued unless it is revived.\u00a0 A dormant judgment may be revived within two years of becoming dormant.\u00a0 TEX. CIV. PRAC. &amp; REM. CODE \u00a7 31.006.\u00a0 A former wife recently argued that her ex-husband could not enforce a payment obligation contained in their divorce decree because the judgment had become dormant.<\/p>\n<h3>2008 Divorce &#8211; $30,000 Judgment Awarded to Husband<\/h3>\n<p>According to the appeals court\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/fourteenth-court-of-appeals\/2022-14-21-00591-cv.pdf?ts=1667936694\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion<\/a>, the parties divorced in 2008.\u00a0 The decree awarded the husband $30,000, with interest beginning 12 months after the judgment, secured by a lien on the home where the wife lived.\u00a0 The unpaid principle and accrued interest were to be paid upon the earliest of: the sale of the home, the youngest child\u2019s emancipation, the wife\u2019s remarriage or cohabitation with a romantic partner, the wife\u2019s death, or the home ceasing to be the primary residence of the children.<\/p>\n<p>The husband filed an application for turnover and appointment of a receiver in 2021.\u00a0 His counsel stated that the earliest of the listed events happened in May 2014, when the youngest child turned 18 and graduated high school.\u00a0 The wife argued that the judgment had become dormant.\u00a0 The trial court signed a turnover order and appointed a receiver to possess and liquidate the wife\u2019s non-exempt property to satisfy the judgment.\u00a0 She appealed.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/dormancy-of-texas-divorce-judgment-calculated-from-date-payment-obligation-is-triggered\/#more-2541\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEX. CIV. PRAC. &amp; REM. CODE \u00a7 34.001(a) provides that a judgment becomes dormant if a writ of execution is not issued within 10 years of its rendition.\u00a0 A judgment is dormant, execution may not be issued unless it is revived.\u00a0 A dormant judgment may be revived within two years of becoming dormant.\u00a0 TEX. CIV. 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