Courtney v. Courtney

It is to be remembered that it is an alimony judgment which is sought to be enforced here. Such judgments differ from other judgments in these respects: They are always in the control of and subject to revision by the court; they do not create the debtor-creditor relationship of the usual sort. According to the weight of authority a husband is not entitled to claim an exemption against a claim established in a judgment recovered by his wife for alimony or for support and maintenance of herself and children. 35 C. J. S., Exemptions, p. 115, sec. 83. “There seems to be no doubt that a claim for…