4361 - Execution of support order against entireties property. - Pennsylvania Statutes

SUBCHAPTER D PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ENTIRETIES PROPERTY Sec. 4361. Execution of support order against entireties property. 4362. Plaintiff's share of proceeds of sale. 4363. Trustee to distribute proceeds of sale. 4364. Credit to plaintiff who purchases property. 4365. Rights of divorced person in entireties property sold for support. 4366. Other enforcement remedies preserved. Enactment. Subchapter D was added December 19, 1990, P.L.1240, No.206, effective in 90 days. § 4361. Execution of support order against entireties property. (a) Entry of order.--Whenever married persons hold real property by the entireties and one spouse secures an order of court against the other spouse for the support of the plaintiff spouse or of a child of both persons or the defendant or for the support of both the plaintiff spouse and child and a copy of the order has been certified to the court of common pleas of the county in this Commonwealth in which the property is situated, the order shall be entered in that court as a judgment with the same effect as if it had been recovered as a judgment of that court. (b) Execution on judgment.--Execution may be issued on the judgment against the real property held by the entireties, and the property may be sold in the manner provided by law for the sale of real property on execution issued on a judgment. In any writs of execution on the judgment, the defendant shall not be entitled to the benefit of 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 81 Subch. B (relating to exemptions from execution) or any other exemption statute. (c) Title of purchaser.--The sale of real property under this section conveys to the purchaser or purchasers thereof a good and valid title to the property and vests in the purchaser or purchasers the entire title of both the married persons in the same manner and with the same effect as if both married persons had joined in the conveyance of the property.