Filing of an appeal will not prevent the judgment creditor from seeking to enforce a money judgment. To delay enforcement of judgment pending appeal, the judgment debtor must post an appropriate bond (also sometimes known as an undertaking), payable to the judgment creditor in the event the debtor fails to pay the judgment following an unsuccessful appeal. 

     If a bond is filed, a judgment creditor may face the problem of financing the attorney's fees necessary to oppose the appeal and might thereby be forced to accept a low ball settlement offer.  The judgment creditor might then consider selling a portion of the judgment for immediate cash to finance opposition to the appeal.  See the web site of Judgment Purchase Corporation.