Opinion ID: 2607869
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Heading: Status of the Writ

Text: There is no merit to cross-appellee Thevenet's claim that because the trial court's December 13, 1982, order quashed the writ, there was nothing to support the trial court's judgment of March 14, 1983. The December 13th order quashing the writ was vacated on December 15th to permit filing of findings and conclusions concerning award of an attorney's fee. It was replaced by an order of February 10, 1983 which set aside all garnishment orders relating to Stanley Thevenet and awarded a fee to his attorney. The February 10th order subsequently was vacated so the parties could submit findings and conclusions on the merits of the garnishment action, and in March, 1983, the court filed its findings and conclusions and a judgment on the merits. None of the trial court's orders or judgment, subsequent to the order of December 13, 1982 which was set aside, provided for dissolution of the writ. That provision in the December 13th order was effectively retracted by the court's proper exercise of its jurisdiction, on December 15th, over its orders and decrees within the 30-day period after entry. NMSA 1978, § 39-1-1. The trial court correctly proceeded to final judgment on a valid writ of garnishment in this matter.