Walk It Through: The Judgment
A wage execution capped at 10%, a larger share above 250 % of poverty, and $1,000.00 of property.
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. Bank accounts, the homestead, 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.