Walk It Through: The Judgment
At least 75% of wages, $500 in the bank automatically, and $6,000 by election within 30 days.
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. Retirement plans in detail, support debts, and how the election is made 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.