Sections
9 entriesSection 706.100Allows the Judicial Council, notwithstanding other law, to adopt rules governing practice and procedure in proceedings under the chapter. This rulemaking authority…Section 706.101Requires an earnings withholding order to be served on employer representatives personally or by first-class mail; if no employer return arrives within…Section 706.102Allows a judgment creditor to apply to the levying officer in the employer’s county for an earnings withholding order when a writ…Section 706.103Requires the levying officer to serve the employer with the earnings withholding order, employer-return form, employee notice, exemption-claim form, and financial-statement form,…Section 706.104Requires an employer served with an earnings withholding order to give the debtor the order, employee notice, exemption form, and financial-statement form…Section 706.105Allows a debtor to claim an earnings exemption after no prior hearing or materially changed circumstances; creditors have 10 days to oppose…Section 706.106Establishes that court proceedings conducted under this wage-garnishment chapter do not require findings. The provision removes a findings requirement for those proceedings…Section 706.108Allows a registered process server to issue and serve an earnings withholding order when a valid writ exists in the employer's county,…Section 706.109Prohibits issuance of an earnings withholding order against the earnings of a judgment debtor's spouse unless a court first authorizes the order.…