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Next what will happen is that the appellate division will ask you to submit a response and brief for the appeal. The Court will then decide if the appeal has merit, and if so, will overturn the previous court's ruling. However, most appeals fail.

You can enforce judgment in the meantime, unless they file for and get an order from a Motion to Stay, which will suspend the judgment until/if the appeal is approved.

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An appeal is an attempt to void the judgment; if a party loses, it is a way to try to cancel the money owed. So if they lost, they're trying to appeal and overturn the decision by the other court.

In NM, you have a variety to means to enforce judgment, including bank levy, paycheck garnishment up to 25%, and a lien on any property owned by the party. You can see more here:

http://www.recoverlegaljudgment.com/new-mexico.html

Any of these three steps would involve a post-judgment motion.

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