Borgman v. Aikens

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

In this interlocutory appeal, we address the question of whether a party may initiate proceedings supplemental to execution on a federal court judgment in an Indiana court prior to domesticating 1 the federal judgment. We also discuss the time period in which a party must initiate an action to domesticate a judgment and enforce a judgment through execution.

FACTS

The facts in this case are largely undisputed. On January 18, 1985, appellees-plaintiffs David Aikens, Joseph J. Smith, Joseph S. Smith and the Estate of Mary E. Smith (hereinafter Smiths) obtained an agreed…