Beneficial Financial, Inc. v. Durkee

Opinion

AGLIANO, P. J.

Defendant, who had recorded an abstract of judgment against a third party, appeals from a summary judgment entered in a declaratory relief action, The judgment declared that plaintiff’s subsequently recorded deed of trust constituted a prior lien upon the third party’s real property. The basis of the judgment was that defendant failed to record a certified copy of an application for renewal of his judgment before the judgment lien expired. (Code Civ. Proc., § 683.180, subd. (a).) Defendant obtained his judgment lien before the “operative date” of the Enforcement of…