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Terms Used In Alabama Code 15-18-150

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • 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
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

Any order issued pursuant to the provisions of this article directing any person to withhold, convey, assign, transfer, deliver, disburse or pay over any employment income, other income, or asset or requiring the attachment thereof, shall have priority over any writ or notice of garnishment or process or writ of attachment subsequently served on such person; provided, however, an employment income withholding order issued pursuant to this article shall not have priority over any employment income withholding order or notice of garnishment for the support of a defendant‘s dependent children; and provided further, that any court order for employment income withholding issued pursuant to this article may exceed the maximum amounts which is or may be hereafter prescribed by law for garnishment proceeding in Alabama.