The Cadle Company v. Marguerite Fletcher

Summary

The court answered the certified question in the negative, holding that wages remaining after a wage garnishment are not specifically exempt from execution once disbursed to or deposited by the judgment debtor. Because deposited wages are no longer an employer's debt for personal services, the wage-garnishment limitations do not apply, although general exemptions and the statutory bank-account protection remain available. The court concluded that executing against such residual wages is not inconsistent with the public policy underlying wage-garnishment limits.