NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. v. GREENE

No. 1 CA-CV 98-0051.

985 P.2d 590 (1999)

195 Ariz. 105

NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charles GREENE, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department D.

Review Denied September 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Turley, Swan & Childers, P.C. by Christopher J. Bork, Phoenix, Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David Wm. Engelman, P.C. by David Wm. Engelman, Phoenix, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee.


OPINION

WEISBERG, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 May a creditor with a valid judgment against one spouse from a non-community property state satisfy that judgment from the community property of both spouses when they move to Arizona after entry of the judgment? Applying the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution, we hold that a creditor may, and accordingly reverse the superior court's order quashing the writs of garnishment in this case...

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