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Title 18. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR · Chapter 4. GARNISHMENT PROCEEDINGS · Article 4. GARNISHMENT FORMS

18-4-73. Affidavit of continuing garnishment for support.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. “IN THE COURT OF COUNTY

  2. STATE OF GEORGIA

  3. )

  4. Plaintiff: )

  5. )

  6. )

  7. Name )

  8. )

  9. Plaintiff’s contact information: )

  10. )

  11. )

  12. Name )

  13. ) Civil Action File No.

  14. Street Address )

  15. )

  16. City State ZIP Code )

  17. )

  18. Email Address )

  19. )

  20. Phone Number )

  21. )

  22. Bar Number )

  23. )

  24. v. )

  25. )

  26. Defendant: )

  27. )

  28. )

  29. Name )

  30. )

  31. Street Address )

  32. )

  33. City State ZIP Code )

  34. )

  35. Garnishee: )

  36. )

  37. )

  38. Name )

  39. )

  40. Street Address )

  41. )

  42. City State ZIP Code )

  43. AFFIDAVIT OF CONTINUING GARNISHMENT FOR

  44. SUPPORT

  45. Personally appeared , who on oath says:

  46. (Print name)

  47. 1. I am the (Plaintiff) (Attorney at Law for Plaintiff) (Agent for Plaintiff). [Circle one]

  48. 2. The Plaintiff obtained a judgment against the Defendant in Case Number in the

  49. Court of County, , and State

  50. no agreement requires forbearance from the garnishment which is applied for currently.

  51. 3. The Affiant states that the Defendant is in arrears on the obligation for support in an amount equal to or in excess of one month’s obligation as decreed in the judgment for support and provides the following information:

  52. $ is the amount of arrearage which exists under the judgment as of the execution of this affidavit.

  53. Check one of the boxes below and complete the requested information:

  54. A. □ Periodic support is owed for one obligee, or the judgment sets forth a total amount of periodic support for multiple obligees as follows:

  55. $ is the total amount of periodic support due for , , and Name of obligee Name of obligee

  56. . Such periodic support is payable Name of obligee

  57. on a basis.

  58. E.g., weekly, monthly

  59. The termination date of the obligation for periodic support is Date

  60. B. □ Periodic support is owed for mul-tiple obligees, and the judgment sets forth a different amount of periodic support for each obligee as follows:

  61. $ is the total amount of periodic support due for , payable on a

  62. Name of obligee E.g., weekly, monthly basis, and the termination date of such obligation is . Date

  63. $ is the total amount of periodic support due for , payable on a

  64. Name of obligee E.g., weekly, monthly basis

  65. and the termination date of such obligation is

  66. Date

  67. $ is the total amount of periodic support due for

  68. , payable on a

  69. Name of obligee E.g., weekly, monthly basis, and the termination date of such obligation is

  70. Date

  71. 4. □ Check this box and attach a certified copy of the judgment for support hereto.

  72. 5. Upon the Affiant’s personal knowledge or belief, the sum stated herein is unpaid.

  73. 6. The Affiant believes that the Garnishee is an employer of or under periodic obligations for payment of funds to the Defendant.

  74. This day of , 20 .

  75. Affiant Print name of Affiant Sworn to and subscribed before me this day

  76. of , 20 .

  77. Notary Public or Deputy Clerk of Court”

Reading note: the printed indentation of one or more subsections was ambiguous, so their nesting is the extractor's best reading. The official page linked below settles any doubt.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 18-4-73, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 8, § 1/SB 255; Ga. L. 2020, p. 691, § 26/SB 443; Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 18/HB 497. The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, inserted “or under periodic obligations for payment of funds to” in paragraph (6) of the form. The 2021 amendment, effective May 10, 2021, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “Email Address” for “E-mail Address” in the form under “Plaintiff’s contact information”.

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t18-t19-(v16)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V16, 2022 edition, pages 248 to 251; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 eddc877da9f2.