American Discount Corp. v. Shepherd

*347¶1 A judgment was entered in 1986 against appellant Joy Shepherd and her husband. The judgment creditor assigned it to United Collection Service, Inc., in 1987. In 1996, prior to its expiration date, United obtained an order extending the judgment for 10 years. In 2001, the Court of Appeals determined that under then-existing statutory law, only judgment creditors could seek extension orders; assignees could not. Shepherd argues the extension was therefore void and the judgment expired. United argues that subsequent statutory amendments in 2002 retroactively validated the 1996 extension. We…