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

18-4-90. Modification of continuing garnishment.

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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. )

  5. Plaintiff )

  6. )

  7. v. ) Civil Action File No.

  8. )

  9. )

  10. Defendant )

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  12. )

  13. Garnishee )

  14. MODIFICATION OF CONTINUING GARNISHMENT

  15. To:

  16. Garnishee

  17. This is to notify you that the undersigned Plaintiff and Defendant have agreed to a modification of the above-styled garnishment action. Upon receipt of service of a legible copy of this document, stamped by the garnishment court, with the signatures of both Plaintiff and Defendant affixed and fully notarized, the Summons of Garnishment served upon you in this action is superseded as follows: you are commanded instead to make the following deduction from all obligations owed to the Defendant during the remaining garnishment period of the above-styled garnishment action:

  18. 1) The sum of $ per week/two weeks/month/paycheck (circle one);

  19. 2) % of the disposable income of Defendant; or

  20. 3) % of the gross amount due the Defendant for (state payment basis, e.g., invoice, monthly draw, all goods and services, etc.).

  21. You are authorized and instructed to deliver such amount(s) to Plaintiff directly, by any electronic or other mechanism provided to you by Plaintiff if acceptable to you, or payable and addressed to:

  22. (Plaintiff or attorney/firm name)

  23. (Plaintiff or attorney street address)

  24. (Plaintiff or attorney city, state, ZIP Code)

  25. This Modification does not terminate the garnishment action, nor does it relieve you of the obligation to file answers of garnishment with the garnishment court and to serve such answers on the Plaintiff and Defendant within the times and in the manner prescribed by law.

  26. This Modification is effective only upon service on you of a file-stamped copy of same.

  27. Agreed to by:

  28. Sign: Sign:

  29. Print: Print:

  30. Title (if any) Title (if any)

  31. Plaintiff Defendant or Representative/ Attorney

  32. Executed before me by , Executed before me by , this day of , 20 this day of , 20

  33. Notary Public/Clerk Notary Public/Clerk”

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History

Code 1981, § 18-4-90, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 691, § 35/SB 443.

Effective date

This Code section became effective January 1, 2021.

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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 279 to 280; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 eddc877da9f2.

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