Guam § 5105 - Limitation on Garnishment of Unpaid Earnings.

§ 5105. Limitation on Garnishment of Unpaid Earnings.

(1) A creditor may not enforce payment of a judgment arising out of

a consumer credit sale, a consumer lease or a consumer loan by

garnishment or like proceedings directed to a person other than the

debtor to recover unpaid earnings of the debtor, except earnings of the

debtor earned from all sources in excess of One Hundred Dollars

($100.00) in any calendar week, in the case of a debtor with dependents

and Sixty-Five Dollars ($65.00) in any calendar week, in the case of a

debtor without dependents. For the purposes of this Section a person

whose earnings in any calendar week are in excess of Sixty-five Dollars

($65.00) is not a dependent. For the purpose of determining a debtor's

weekly earnings, any amounts paid or payable to another creditor

pursuant to previous garnishment or like proceedings directed to a person

other than the debtor, or irrevocable assignment of earnings, is not

included in the amount earned.

(2) This Section does not (a) subject either the levying officer or the

person to whom garnishment proceedings are directed to any liability if

earnings of the debtor are paid to the creditor in violation of this Section,

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or (b) apply to proceedings directed to the debtor in aid of execution of a

judgment.

(3) The amounts of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and Sixty-Five

Dollars ($65.00) in Subsection (1) are subject to change pursuant to the

provisions on adjustment of dollar amounts (§ 1106).