Get UT Garnishee's Answers to Interrogatories for Earnings 2010

Interrogatories are often attached to the legal papers the employer receives. Interrogatories typically ask about an employee's disposable income and whether the employee has other garnishments.

Disclosure. A garnishee is someone who has control over some or all of the money that is paid to a defendant in a garnishment proceeding. When a writ of garnishment is issued, the garnishee is named in the order and is being ordered to give the plaintiff all or part of the defendant's money that the garnishee controls.

Regular creditors cannot garnish your wages without first suing you in court and obtaining a money judgment. That means that if you owe money to a credit card company, doctor, dentist, furniture company, or the like, you don't have to worry about garnishment unless those creditors sue you in court.

Wage garnishment is a court judgment mandating that a portion of your income be diverted to resolve a debt. Wage garnishment happens when a court orders that your employer withhold a specific portion of your paycheck and send it directly to the creditor or person to whom you owe money, until your debt is resolved.

Wage garnishments continue for a period of 60 days from the effective date of the writ. RCW 6.27.350. Basically, you can be garnished for two months. If the creditor wants to garnish after that, they would have to get and serve a new Writ of Garnishment which would also last for 60 days.

Federal law places limits on how much judgment creditors can take from your paycheck. The amount that can be garnished is limited to 25% of your disposable earnings (what's left after mandatory deductions) or the amount by which your weekly wages exceed 30 times the minimum wage, whichever is lower.

Employee protections that exceed federal law: Employer may not discharge, refuse to employ, or take disciplinary action against an obligor based upon income withholding for child support. ... Employer penalties, general wage garnishment: Illegal to discharge employee because of wage garnishment of any type.

The employer is also required to return a statutory response form within 7 days of receiving the writ of garnishment. This form is usually sent to the employer with the garnishment order. With very few exceptions, the employer is required to complete the form indicating that they will pay the garnishment.

Employers are typically notified of a wage garnishment via a court order or IRS levy. They must comply with the garnishment request, and typically start withholding and remitting payment as soon as the order is received. ... Employers are required to comply with every garnishment request.

You must take action to prevent the initial garnishment or address it if it has already started by claiming an exemption with the court. The creditor will continue to garnish your wages until you pay the debt in full or take some measure to stop the garnishment, such as by filing for bankruptcy (see below).

Wages are exempt from garnishment at the time your employer pays you. If you cash your check and put the money in a bank account, or if your employer pays you by direct deposit, a creditor may claim that the funds are no longer exempt as wages. *Never give creditors permission to withdraw money from your bank account.

Garnishee. An individual who holds money or property that belongs to a debtor subject to an attachment proceeding by a creditor. For example, when an individual owes money but has for a source of income only a salary, a creditor might initiate Garnishment proceedings.

Third-party (bank, customer, employer, etc.) who, while not involved in a court case between a debtor and a creditor or a defendant and a plaintiff (the garnisher), is required by a court order (garnishee order) to seize, in part or in full, the money (account balance, payment, wages) belonging to the debtor or ...

A wage garnishment is when a court issues an order requiring your employer to withhold a certain amount of your paycheck and send it directly to the person or institution to whom you owe money, until your debt is paid off.

A court-ordered wage garnishment requires your employer to withhold a certain amount of your paycheck and send it to your creditor. Since the deduction takes place before your paycheck is cashed, this means that your bank plays no role in a wage garnishment.