Is a wife entitled to a judgment against her husband even if it is impossible to enforce the judgment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Jennings, In re, 133 Cal.App.3d 373, 184 Cal.Rptr. 53 (Cal. App. 1982):
8 "(T)he wife is entitled to the judgment, even though it may be impossible for the court to enforce its payment...., for the debtor may thereafter acquire property ...." (Messervy v. Messervy (1910) 85 S.C. 189 (67 S.E. 130).)
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