Kono v. Meeker

*84Opinion

ROBIE, J.

Defendants Lawrence R. Meeker and Carole J. Meeker (collectively the Meekers) argued unsuccessfully in the trial court that inventory items sold by their retail antiques.business are exempt from levy of execution to enforce a money judgment because they constitute the “tools of the[ir] trade.” (See Code Civ. Proc.,1 § 704.060, subd. (a).) We conclude the trial court correctly determined that items from the Meekers’ inventory of antiques are not exempt from levy and affirm the order denying their claim of exemption.

BACKGROUND

The Meekers are antique dealers, doing business as…