Opinion ID: 852123
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: It Was Improper to Order Mr. Branham to Apply for Jobs.

Text: The Branhams argue that the trial judge did not have the authority to order Mr. Branham to conduct a job search. The Court of Appeals agreed, and so do we. Indiana Trial Rule 69(E) allows a judgment debtor to be called to court to answer as to his non-exempt property subject to execution or proceedings supplemental to execution or to apply any such specified or unspecified property towards satisfaction of the judgment. Ind. Trial Rule 69(E)(3). Rule 69(E) also requires garnishees to answer as to the judgment debtor's property. T.R. 69(E)(4). The rule does not confer upon the trial court the authority to force the judgment debtor to find a job or otherwise acquire non-exempt property. See State ex rel. Wilson v. Monroe Superior Court IV, 444 N.E.2d 1178, 1180 (Ind. 1983). This contrasts dramatically, of course, with the processes applicable to child support, where the obligor has an affirmative duty to generate support.