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§12-990.3.
§12-990.3.
A. Where only the payment of money is awarded, no execution or other
proceeding shall be taken for the enforcement of the judgment, decree
or final order until ten (10) days after the judgment, decree or order
is filed with the court clerk. Asset hearing proceedings shall not be
stayed under this section.
B. Where relief other than the payment of money is awarded or where
relief in addition to the payment of money is awarded, the enforcement
of the judgment, decree or final order shall be stayed until ten (10)
days after the judgment, decree or order is filed with the court
clerk, but the court, in its discretion, may impose any conditions on
the parties that are necessary for the protection of the property or
interests that are the subject of the action, including distribution
of part or all of the property involved where the court requires the
filing of a superseded bond.
C. This section shall not apply in actions for divorce, separate
maintenance, annulment, post-decree matrimonial proceedings,
paternity, custody, adoption, termination of parental rights, juvenile
matters, probate proceedings, habeas corpus proceedings, special
executions in foreclosures, conservatorship or guardianship
proceedings, mental health, quiet title actions, and partition
proceedings or actions, involving temporary or permanent injunctions,
proceedings under the Small Claims Procedure Act, writs of assistance
in foreclosure, and other real property actions, post-judgment
replevin, and forcible entry and detainer proceedings. The court, in
its discretion, may impose any conditions that are necessary to
protect the interests of the parties in such actions.
D. It shall be the responsibility of the judgment creditor or counsel
for the judgment creditor to ensure that no execution or other
proceeding for enforcement of the judgment is sought or taken within
the ten-day stay.
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