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For purposes of enforcing a money judgment, the Pennsylvania Code defines "judgment" as "a judgment or order requiring the payment of money entered in any court which is subject to these rules, including a final or interlocutory order for payment of costs, except a judgment against the Commonwealth or a political subdivision". (Pennsylvania is not among the minority of states that allow jury trials for aspects of divorce or custody litigation.) If the OP seeks enforcement of the order through the issuing court, I don't think that it will be necessary to take additional steps to convert the trial court's final order and grant of sanctions into a different form of judgment; but certainly, we don't have access to the court's documents or records so I can't rule out the possibility of a need for additional steps.
I understand that the rules define an "order requiring the payment of money entered in any court which is subject to these rules" as a "judgment". But good luck trying to get a writ of execution based on a court order when there is no actual judgment listed on the court docket. If that can actually be done, then I will stand corrected. If not, it's just a