Schwab v. Krauss

OPINION OF THE COURT

Levine, J.

In July 1984, defendant obtained a judgment in the amount of $36,893 against Allen Abrahams in Supreme Court, New York County. Some three months later, that judgment was docketed in Rockland County where Abrahams and his wife, Helen Abrahams, owned real property as tenants by the entirety. Subsequently, in May 1985, the Abrahamses filed a joint petition in bankruptcy; however, Allen Abrahams’ debt to defendant was not discharged during the bankruptcy proceeding.

While in bankruptcy, the Abrahamses, in December 1986, attempted to sell their Rockland County property…