Garnishment Interrogatories {EBR GI}

_________________________________________ PLAINTIFF VS SUIT NO. __________________ Div _____ BATON ROUGE CITY COURT CITY OF BATON ROUGE _________________________________________ DEFENDANT STATE OF LOUISIANA GARNISHMENT INTERROGATORIES (La. R.S. 13:3924) TO BE ANSWERED CATEGORICALLY UNDER OATH AND IN WRITING WITHIN 15 DAYS FROM SERVICE OF PROCESS (30 DAYS, IF SERVICE IS MADE THROUGH THE LONG ARM STATUE): (ALL numbered items must be answered). DEFENDANT'S SOCIAL SECURITY NO: _________________________________________ 1. Are you indebted to the defendant herein in a sum sufficient to satisfy amount of said writ? _____ Yes _____ No 2. Is the defendant herein in your employ? _____ Yes _____ No. If yes, state what his wages are, how paid, and if there is any money due for services rendered, exempt by law firm seizure. (See reverse hereof for exemption laws.) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Have you in your hands, on deposit, or under your control, not exempt by law from seizure, and money, rights, credits, property, or effects of a description belonging to defendant herein? ______ Yes ______ No If yes, state what it consist of and how much. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Have you, since the service of these interrogatories, paid or transferred to the defendant herein money, property, credits, or effects of any description whatever or caused the same to be done, or had nay transaction whatever with defendant? _____ Yes _____ No If yes, state of what is consisted. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. State whether or not there are other judgments or garnishments affecting such wages, salary, or compensation, and if so, the status thereof. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. At the time of service of garnishment, or at present time, if the defendant is not presently in your employ, state the name and new address of his new employment. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Do you understand that, pursuant to La. R.S. 13:3923, if defendant leaves your employ but subsequently returns to work for within 180 days, then you are to resume making deductions? _____ Yes _____No 8. Do you understand that, pursuant to Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article 2411, any seizure of wages and/ or commissions of defendant hereunder is effective upon receipt of the Petition, Citation, and Interrogatories and that you are to begin withholding the non-exempt portion of said wages and/or commission from the date of service upon you of these Interrogatories? _____ Yes ____ No 9. Do you understand that you are to continue deducting the wages of defendant until you receive written notice that the Judgment of plaintiff has been satisfied in full? ____ Yes ____ No ANSWER TO INTERROGATORIES MUST BE SIGNED AND NOTARIZED (Signature of Person answering Interrogatories)___________________________________________ (Print name of Person answering Interrogatories)__________________________________________ (Attorney Bar Roll #) _____________________ Sworn to and subscribed before me this ______ day of ______________________, 20____. ______________________________________________ Notary Public PLEASE RETURN INTERROGATORIES TO: ELZIE ALFORD, JR., CLERK OF COURT/JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATOR 233 ST. LOUIS STREET, ROOM 251, P O BOX 3438, 70821 BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70802 Notary /Print Name: _____________________________ Notary No.: ____________________________________ On the ____ day of ____________________, 20____, I mailed a copy of the answer of Garnishment Interrogatories to the plaintiff or plaintiff's attorney. ______________________________________ Garnishee signature or representative Civil ­ Garnishment Procedure and Forms (4-18-16) American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com La. R. S. 13:3881 (A)(1)- GENERAL EXEMPTIONS FOR SEIZURE General exemption from seizure (reproduced in part) A. The following income or property of a debtor is exempt from seizure under any writ, mandate, or process whatsoever: (1)(a) Seventy-five percent of his disposable earnings for any week, but in no case shall this exemption be less than an amount in disposable earnings which is equal to thirty times the federal minimum hourly wage in effect at the time the earnings are payable or a multiple of fraction thereof, according to whether the employee's pay period is greater or less that one week. However, the exemption from disposable earnings for the payment of a current or past due support obligation, or both, for a child or children is fifty percent of disposable earnings, and the exemption from seizure of the disposable earnings for the payment of a current or past due support obligation, or both, for a spouse or former spouse is sixty percent of the disposable earnings. For purposes of this Subsection, if the Department of Children & Family Services is providing support enforcement services to the spouse and a judgment or order for support includes an obligation for both a child or children and a spouse or former spouse, or in any case wherein the judgment or order does not clearly indicate which amount is attributable to support of the child or children and which amount is attributable to support of the spouse or former spouse, the support obligation shall be treated as if it is exclusively for the support of a child or children. (b) The term "disposable earnings" means that part of the earnings of any individual remaining after the deduction from those earnings of any am