Post-judgment examination outline (Rule 69)

When to use it

Use after a federal money judgment, to prepare a deposition or other discovery of the judgment debtor or a third party. The procedure also has to accord with the state where the court sits, to the extent Rule 69(a)(1) borrows it. Check that state's procedure before serving anything.

Used for these tasks

• Draft an examination, garnishee or third-party debt application from the asset notes
• Build the debtor's means and asset picture before choosing an enforcement step
• Compare enforcement options after judgment

Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.

How AI may be used

AI may group questions on assets, work and transfers from the judgment and the lawyer's asset notes. The lawyer chooses the procedure and writes no answer for the debtor.

Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.

Authorities

• Fed. R. Civ. P. 69(a)(1) and (2) (execution follows state procedure unless a federal statute governs; discovery in aid of the judgment as in the Civil Rules or state procedure)
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b) and (d) (if the examination is an oral deposition: notice, and one day of seven hours unless varied)
• Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1) (scope, applied to the assets and transfers that bear on collection)

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