Walk It Through: The Judgment
20 percent of wages at most, a bank balance protected without a claim, and $7,500 in a car.
A card company wins a judgment against a cook and moves to garnish the cook's pay.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One judgment and one cook. The homestead in detail, claiming exemptions in court, and support and tax levies are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Earnings withholding orderAn order taking part of disposable earnings, at most the lesser of 20 percent, or 40 percent of what exceeds 48 times the minimum hourly wage, in a week.
- Marriage of long durationA marriage of 10 years or more, from marriage to separation, over which the court keeps jurisdiction over support indefinitely.
- SecurityAny payment, fee, deposit or charge imposed at the beginning of a residential tenancy, including an advance payment of rent, whatever the landlord calls it.