Legal Opinion
Nereida Mendez v. Republic Bank
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 25, 2013No. 12-2585PublishedCited by 174 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Under Illinois law, a judgment creditor may, without any action by a court, require a third party holding property of a judgment debtor to freeze the property until a court determines whether the creditor has a valid claim on the property. To do so the judgment creditor serves the third party with a citation to discover assets. If the third party releases the property without a court order giving permission to do so, the third party may be liable to the judgment creditor for any property of the debtor that was released, up to the value of the underlying judgment. 735…
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