Empire Beauty School v. Bell

By Judge Randall G. Johnson

At the hearing on July 26, the court [was asked] to determine whether a Pennsylvania judgment was properly domesticated in Virginia. When the request was made, counsel for the plaintiff-creditor was holding funds from a garnishment summons issued on the judgment. During a recess, counsel and the parties agreed that the funds being held represented social security benefits exempt from garnishment pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 407, and they were delivered to Bell. Counsel for both parties asked the court to render a decision anyway since the judgment creditor would be…