In Pennsylvania and with most states, assets owned by married couples have their own recognized form of ownership; namely, tenancy by the entireties.
Under this form of ownership, one spouse cannot encumber any portion of the property without the permission of the other spouse. This legal characteristic causes particular grief to judgment creditors who have a judgment against one spouse but not the other one. If, for instance, the judgment is only against one spouse but not the other, and the married couple maintains all of their assets in their names jointly, the judgment creditor has no recourse in executing upon the judgment.
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