Georgia § 15-10-46 - Ordering deferred partial payment of judgment.
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§ 15-10-46. Ordering deferred partial payment of judgment.
When the judgment is to be rendered and the party against whom it is to be entered requests it, the judge shall inquire fully into the earnings and financial status of such party and shall have full discretionary power to stay the entry of judgment, to stay execution, and to order partial payments in such amounts, over such periods, and upon such terms as seem just under the circumstances and as will assure a definite and steady reduction of the judgment until it is fully and completely satisfied. The judge of the magistrate court shall not be obligated to collect such deferred partial payments on judgments so rendered but, if the plaintiff so requests, he may do so at the expense of the plaintiff for clerical and accounting costs incurred thereby, not to exceed 10 percent of each payment. (Code 1981, § 15-10-46 , enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 2-1.) Cross references. - Deferred partial payments, Uniform Rules for the Magistrate Courts, Rule 44.
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