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Tom Cooper
Sep 21, 2013, 08:09 AM
If I lose a civil court case, are my IRAs and pension and social security checks awarded to the winner?

ScottGem
Sep 21, 2013, 09:08 AM
Nothing is "awarded" to the winner. The winner gets a judgment for a specific amount. The winner then has to collect. They can do so by finding assets of the loser and ask the court to issue a writ of execution to attach the asset,

IRAs would be subject to attachment, some social security payments are, some not.

AK lawyer
Sep 21, 2013, 10:37 AM
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IRAs would be subject to attachment, some social security payments are, some not.

And pensions would depend on, for one thing, who makes the pension payments. Government agencies: probably not.

Pensions are also often exempt from execution by state law.