Walk It Through: The Judgment
At most a quarter of a week's pay, a tenth for a head of family, and benefits that cannot be taken.
A card company wins a judgment against a cook who heads a family, 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 household. The homestead, support and tax debts, and the steps to claim exemptions 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.