Wilkins v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.

OPINION

YATES, Justice.

Appellant, Ralphaell Wilkins, appeals the trial court’s entry of an order appointing a receiver and for turnover after judgment (“the turnover order”). Essentially, Wilkins argues that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to enter the turnover order because a turnover order can only follow from a final judgment, and since the basis of appellee’s application for turnover is a contempt order with accompanying sanctions (“the contempt order”) entered in an ongoing bankruptcy proceeding, there is no final judgment which can form the basis of the turnover order. Appellee,…