Union Grove Milling & Manufacturing Co. v. Faw

WYNN, Judge.

This appeal involves the effect of a judgment lien against one spouse on marital property which, by virtue of a divorce decree, has been converted into property held as a tenancy in common and which, by virtue of a subsequent equitable distribution award, has been awarded to the non-debtor spouse. The specific issue here is whether the non-debtor spouse takes the property subject to the lien of judgment.

Plaintiff brought this action as a special proceeding in Wilkes County Superior Court alleging that as a judgment creditor of defendant John A. Faw, it was entitled to recover…