Merchant v. Merchant

The wife appeals a supplemental final judgment in a dissolution proceeding adjudicating that she was indebted to the husband in the amount of $15,277.51, and that the husband recover that sum with interest from January 7, 1982.

The trial judge announced his oral ruling on January 7, 1982. However, the written supplemental final judgment was not filed with the clerk of the circuit court until November 24, 1982. Interest on a judgment does not begin to run until the judgment is entered and even a written judgment which has been signed by the court is not “entered” until it has been filed with…