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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   filing of a superseded bond.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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