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

18-4-87. Plaintiff’s traverse.

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  1. “IN THE COURT OF COUNTY

  2. STATE OF GEORGIA

  3. )

  4. )

  5. Plaintiff )

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  7. v. ) Civil Action File No.

  8. )

  9. )

  10. Defendant )

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  12. )

  13. Garnishee )

  14. PLAINTIFF’S TRAVERSE

  15. Now comes the Plaintiff in the above-styled case and traverses the Garnishee Answer or Motion to Modify Default Judgment by saying the same is untrue or legally insufficient. The Plaintiff further states:

  16. . Plaintiff or Plaintiff’s Attorney CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

  17. This is to certify that I have this day served the Defendant and the Garnishee in the foregoing matter with a copy of this pleading by depositing it in the United States mail in a properly addressed envelope with adequate postage thereon.

  18. This day of , 20 .

  19. Plaintiff or Plaintiff’s Attorney”

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, § 18-4-87, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 8, § 1/SB 255; Ga. L. 2020, p. 691, § 34/SB 443; Ga. L. 2021, p. 922, § 18/HB 497. The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, inserted “or Motion to Modify Default Judgment” in the first paragraph under the heading “Plaintiff’s Traverse”. The 2021 amendment, effective May 10, 2021, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “United States mail” for “United States Mail” in the form under “CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE”.

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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 275 to 276; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 eddc877da9f2.