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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a municipal or county court or court of common pleas does not have jurisdiction to modify and interrupt the processing of an order of garnishment of personal earnings that that court issued in a proceeding in garnishment of personal earnings under this chapter unless all of the following apply:
(1) The judgment creditor and the judgment debtor associated with that order jointly apply to that court for the modification and interruption.
(2) That judgment creditor and judgment debtor jointly agree that the amount of the judgment debtor's personal disposable earnings that is required to be withheld during each pay period under that court's order should be modified to a mutually agreed upon and specified amount and that the garnishee should withhold that specified amount until the judgment in favor of the judgment creditor and the associated court costs, judgment interest, and, if applicable, prejudgment interest awarded to the judgment creditor have been paid in full or until that court's order otherwise ceases to remain in effect under division (C)(1) of section 2716.041 of the Revised Code.
(3) That court enters an order that approves of the modification described in division (A)(2) of this section and causes a copy of that order to be served upon the garnishee in the same manner as process is served.
(B) A judgment creditor or judgment creditor's attorney may request that the clerk of the court that issued an order of garnishment of personal earnings disburse the garnishment proceeds on a less frequent basis than is otherwise provided by this chapter. Upon receiving the request, the clerk may elect to disburse the garnishment proceeds on a time schedule other than that as provided by this chapter.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Ohio Revised Code Title XXVII. Courts Revised Code General Provisions Special Remedies § 2716.09 - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/oh/title-xxvii-courts-general-provisions-special-remedies/oh-rev-code-sect-2716-09/
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