Rumage v. Gullberg

¶ 1. This case comes before the court on certification from the court of appeals pursuant to Wis. Stat. (Rule) § 809.61 (1997-98). Judgment-creditor Donald Rumage (Rumage) appeals from a decision of the circuit court for Racine County that found 1) the judgment-debtor's equity in his homestead did not exceed the amount sheltered by the homestead exemption statute and therefore Rumage's docketed judgment was not a lien on the homestead; and, 2) the judgment-debtor sold the homestead for fair market value. The circuit court concluded that Rumage's lien did not survive the sale of the homestead…