RBS CITIZENS, N.A. v. OUHRABKA

No. 2010-415.

30 A.3d 1266 (2011)

2011 VT 86

RBS CITIZENS, N.A. f/k/a Citizens Bank of Rhode Island v. Jan M. OUHRABKA.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

August 5, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andre D. Bouffard and Bruce C. Palmer of Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC, Burlington, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jared H. Cloutier of The Law Office of William P. Neylon, St. Johnsbury, for Defendant-Appellee.

Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY, JOHNSON, SKOGLUND and BURGESS, JJ.


REIBER, C.J.

¶ 1. This is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court's denial of appellant RBS's motion for a writ of attachment of appellee Jan Ouhrabka's property, which Ouhrabka owns jointly with his wife as tenants by entirety. The trial court held that a creditor, like RBS, cannot attach property owned jointly by a debtor and a nondebtor when they hold that property as tenants by entirety. RBS contends that the estate of tenancy by entirety is an anachronism...

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