Georgia § 18-4-90 - Modification of continuing garnishment.

§ 18-4-90. Modification of continuing garnishment.

"IN THE ______________ COURT OF ____________ COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA ) __________________________________ ) Plaintiff ) ) v. ) Civil Action File No. ) __________________________________ ) ________________________ Defendant ) ) __________________________________ ) Garnishee ) MODIFICATION OF CONTINUING GARNISHMENT To: __________ Garnishee 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both Plaintiff and Defendant affixed and fully notarized, the Summons of Garnishment served upon you in this action is superseded as follows: you are commanded instead to make the following deduction from all obligations owed to the Defendant during the remaining garnishment period of the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: 1) The sum of $__________ per week/two weeks/month/paycheck (circle one); 2) ________ % of the disposable income of Defendant; or 3) 3) ________ % of the gross amount due the Defendant for __________ (state payment basis, e.g., invoice, monthly draw, all goods and services, etc.). 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: ____________ (Plaintiff or attorney/firm name) ____________ (Plaintiff or attorney street address) ____________ (Plaintiff or attorney city, state, ZIP Code) 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. This Modification is effective only upon service on you of a file-stamped copy of same. Agreed to by: Sign: ________________________ Sign: __________________________________________ Print: ________________________ Print: ________________________________________ Title (if any) ________________ Title (if any) ________________________________ Plaintiff Defendant or Representative/Attorney Executed before me by __________, Executed before me by __________, this ________ day of ____, 20____ this ________ day of ____, 20____ Notary Public/Clerk Notary Public/Clerk" (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.