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Section 10-9C-703

(Effective January 1, 2010) Rights of creditor of partner or transferee.

(a) On application to a court of competent jurisdiction by any judgment creditor of a partner or transferee, the court may charge the transferable interest of the judgment debtor with payment of the unsatisfied amount of the judgment with interest. To the extent so charged and after the partnership has been served with the charging order and its terms, the judgment creditor has only the right to receive:

(1) any distribution or distributions to which the judgment debtor would otherwise be entitled in respect of such transferable interest; and

(2) without demand, a report from the partnership each time a distribution is made with respect to any transferable interest, listing the amount and timing of all distributions made at that time or in connection with that distribution.

(b) The partnership, after being served with the charging order and its terms, shall be entitled to pay or deposit any distribution or distributions to which the judgment debtor would otherwise be entitled in respect of such charged transferable interest into the hands of the clerk of the court so issuing such charging order, and such payment or deposit shall have the effect of discharging the partnership and the judgment debtor from liability for the amount so paid and any interest that might accrue thereon. Upon receipt of such payment, the clerk of the court shall notify the judgment creditor of the receipt of such payment. The judgment creditor shall, after any such payment or deposit into the court, petition the court for payment of so much of the amount paid or deposited as is held by the court as may be necessary to pay the judgment creditor's judgment. To the extent the court has excess amounts paid or deposited on hand after the payment to the judgment creditor, such excess amounts paid or deposited shall be distributed to the judgment debtor and the charging order shall be extinguished. The court may order the clerk to deposit, pending the judgment creditor's petition, any money paid or deposited with the clerk, in an interest bearing account at a bank authorized to receive deposits of public funds.

(c) A charging order constitutes a lien on the judgment debtor's transferable interest, which lien may not be foreclosed upon under this chapter or any other law.

(d) Subject to subsections (a) and (c):

(1) a judgment debtor that is a partner retains the rights of a partner and remains subject to all duties and obligations of a partner; and

(2) a judgment debtor that is a transferee retains the rights of a transferee and remains subject to all duties and obligations of a transferee.

(e) This chapter does not deprive any partner or transferee of the benefit of any exemption laws applicable to the partner's or transferee's transferable interest.

(f) This section provides the exclusive remedy by which a judgment creditor of a partner or transferee may satisfy a judgment out of the judgment debtor's transferable interest and the judgment creditor shall have no right to foreclose upon the charging order or the judgment debtor's transferable interest. Court orders for actions or requests for accounts and inquiries that the judgment debtor might have made are not available under this chapter to the judgment creditor attempting to satisfy the judgment out of the judgment debtor's transferable interest and may not be ordered by a court.

(Act 2009-621, §1.)

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Statutes > Alabama > Title10 > Chapter9C > 10-9C-703

Section 10-9C-703

(Effective January 1, 2010) Rights of creditor of partner or transferee.

(a) On application to a court of competent jurisdiction by any judgment creditor of a partner or transferee, the court may charge the transferable interest of the judgment debtor with payment of the unsatisfied amount of the judgment with interest. To the extent so charged and after the partnership has been served with the charging order and its terms, the judgment creditor has only the right to receive:

(1) any distribution or distributions to which the judgment debtor would otherwise be entitled in respect of such transferable interest; and

(2) without demand, a report from the partnership each time a distribution is made with respect to any transferable interest, listing the amount and timing of all distributions made at that time or in connection with that distribution.

(b) The partnership, after being served with the charging order and its terms, shall be entitled to pay or deposit any distribution or distributions to which the judgment debtor would otherwise be entitled in respect of such charged transferable interest into the hands of the clerk of the court so issuing such charging order, and such payment or deposit shall have the effect of discharging the partnership and the judgment debtor from liability for the amount so paid and any interest that might accrue thereon. Upon receipt of such payment, the clerk of the court shall notify the judgment creditor of the receipt of such payment. The judgment creditor shall, after any such payment or deposit into the court, petition the court for payment of so much of the amount paid or deposited as is held by the court as may be necessary to pay the judgment creditor's judgment. To the extent the court has excess amounts paid or deposited on hand after the payment to the judgment creditor, such excess amounts paid or deposited shall be distributed to the judgment debtor and the charging order shall be extinguished. The court may order the clerk to deposit, pending the judgment creditor's petition, any money paid or deposited with the clerk, in an interest bearing account at a bank authorized to receive deposits of public funds.

(c) A charging order constitutes a lien on the judgment debtor's transferable interest, which lien may not be foreclosed upon under this chapter or any other law.

(d) Subject to subsections (a) and (c):

(1) a judgment debtor that is a partner retains the rights of a partner and remains subject to all duties and obligations of a partner; and

(2) a judgment debtor that is a transferee retains the rights of a transferee and remains subject to all duties and obligations of a transferee.

(e) This chapter does not deprive any partner or transferee of the benefit of any exemption laws applicable to the partner's or transferee's transferable interest.

(f) This section provides the exclusive remedy by which a judgment creditor of a partner or transferee may satisfy a judgment out of the judgment debtor's transferable interest and the judgment creditor shall have no right to foreclose upon the charging order or the judgment debtor's transferable interest. Court orders for actions or requests for accounts and inquiries that the judgment debtor might have made are not available under this chapter to the judgment creditor attempting to satisfy the judgment out of the judgment debtor's transferable interest and may not be ordered by a court.

(Act 2009-621, §1.)

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Statutes > Alabama > Title10 > Chapter9C > 10-9C-703

Section 10-9C-703

(Effective January 1, 2010) Rights of creditor of partner or transferee.

(a) On application to a court of competent jurisdiction by any judgment creditor of a partner or transferee, the court may charge the transferable interest of the judgment debtor with payment of the unsatisfied amount of the judgment with interest. To the extent so charged and after the partnership has been served with the charging order and its terms, the judgment creditor has only the right to receive:

(1) any distribution or distributions to which the judgment debtor would otherwise be entitled in respect of such transferable interest; and

(2) without demand, a report from the partnership each time a distribution is made with respect to any transferable interest, listing the amount and timing of all distributions made at that time or in connection with that distribution.

(b) The partnership, after being served with the charging order and its terms, shall be entitled to pay or deposit any distribution or distributions to which the judgment debtor would otherwise be entitled in respect of such charged transferable interest into the hands of the clerk of the court so issuing such charging order, and such payment or deposit shall have the effect of discharging the partnership and the judgment debtor from liability for the amount so paid and any interest that might accrue thereon. Upon receipt of such payment, the clerk of the court shall notify the judgment creditor of the receipt of such payment. The judgment creditor shall, after any such payment or deposit into the court, petition the court for payment of so much of the amount paid or deposited as is held by the court as may be necessary to pay the judgment creditor's judgment. To the extent the court has excess amounts paid or deposited on hand after the payment to the judgment creditor, such excess amounts paid or deposited shall be distributed to the judgment debtor and the charging order shall be extinguished. The court may order the clerk to deposit, pending the judgment creditor's petition, any money paid or deposited with the clerk, in an interest bearing account at a bank authorized to receive deposits of public funds.

(c) A charging order constitutes a lien on the judgment debtor's transferable interest, which lien may not be foreclosed upon under this chapter or any other law.

(d) Subject to subsections (a) and (c):

(1) a judgment debtor that is a partner retains the rights of a partner and remains subject to all duties and obligations of a partner; and

(2) a judgment debtor that is a transferee retains the rights of a transferee and remains subject to all duties and obligations of a transferee.

(e) This chapter does not deprive any partner or transferee of the benefit of any exemption laws applicable to the partner's or transferee's transferable interest.

(f) This section provides the exclusive remedy by which a judgment creditor of a partner or transferee may satisfy a judgment out of the judgment debtor's transferable interest and the judgment creditor shall have no right to foreclose upon the charging order or the judgment debtor's transferable interest. Court orders for actions or requests for accounts and inquiries that the judgment debtor might have made are not available under this chapter to the judgment creditor attempting to satisfy the judgment out of the judgment debtor's transferable interest and may not be ordered by a court.

(Act 2009-621, §1.)