Indiana Code 34-25-3-13. Creditor of defendant; intervention in action
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Sec. 13. At any time before the final judgment in the suit, any creditor of the defendant, upon filing an affidavit and written undertaking, as required of an attaching creditor, may do the following:
(2) Have any person summoned as garnishee or held to bail who has not before been summoned or held to bail.
(1) Become a party to the action, file a complaint, and prove the claim or demand against the defendant.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 34-25-3-13
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
- Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
(3) Propound interrogatories to the garnishee and enforce answers to the interrogatories in like manner, as the creditor who is plaintiff.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-11-31.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.20.