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IN HB1086
Bill
Status
1/3/2018
Primary Sponsor
Richard Hamm
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AI Summary
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Creditors with a monetary judgment against an employee may obtain a court order to access wage report information from the Department of Workforce Development through private entities, and may reuse the same order until the judgment is satisfied or expires.
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Courts must cancel existing garnishment orders and issue new ones without a hearing when circumstances change, such as when a judgment debtor changes employers.
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Employers garnishing wages must notify the court and all parties when a judgment debtor leaves employment, after which the employer has no further obligations under the garnishment order.
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If a judgment debtor leaves and later returns to the same employer, the creditor must obtain a new garnishment order before the employer is required to resume wage garnishment.
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Effective date: July 1, 2018; amends IC 22-4-19-6.5 and IC 34-55-8.
Legislative Description
Garnishment of wages. Provides that a creditor may, by written consent or court order, access wage report information from the department of workforce development for the purpose of obtaining a garnishment order. Requires a court that has issued a garnishment order to a third party to cancel the garnishment order and issue a new garnishment order without a hearing if certain circumstances have changed. Requires an employer that is garnishing a judgment debtor's wages to inform the clerk of courts when the judgment debtor leaves employment with the employer. Provides that, once such notice is given, the employer has no
Last Action
Representative Saunders added as coauthor
1/9/2018