BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. v. OWENS

No. 61671-4-I.

221 P.3d 917 (2009)

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national association, Respondent, v. J'Amy Lyn OWENS, an unmarried person, Appellant, Kenneth Treiger, a married person as to his separate estate, Appellant, Shulkin Hutton, Inc., P.S., a Washington professional service corporation; and Edmund John Wood, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

November 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Richard Kimball, Attorney at Law, Catherine Wright Smith, Edwards Sieh Smith & Goodfriend PS, Seattle, WA, for Appellants.

Cynthia B. Whitaker, Law Offices of Cynthia B. Whitaker, Edmund John Wood, Wood & Jones PS, Seattle, WA, for Defendants.

Thomas Scott Linde, Schweet Rieke & Linde PLLC, Mercer Island, WA, for Respondent.


GROSSE, J.

¶ 1 A decree of dissolution is a judgment. A judgment creates a lien against real estate when the judgment is entered. Here, the supplemental decree gave Kenneth Treiger a lien for one-half of the proceeds of the sale of the property, less costs and the outstanding mortgage. In addition to entering and filing the judgment, Treiger recorded it before Bank of America obtained its judgment. Accordingly, the trial court erred in failing to give Treiger...

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