Alabama Code 12-13-7. Garnishments – Issuance, enforcement, etc., generally
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 12-13-7
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
- Probate: Proving a will
The probate court may issue process of garnishment upon decrees for money, in favor of plaintiffs in such decrees, returnable within 30 days, upon compliance with the laws respecting garnishments in the circuit courts on judgments and may render judgments or decrees on the answers of such garnishees, enforce the collection thereof by execution, as may be necessary, and try all collateral issues that may grow out of the answers of such garnishees, both as to a contest of an answer or a claim of an alleged transferee.