Indiana Code 34-25-1-2. Nonresidents; personal earnings or wages
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Sec. 2. Indiana courts do not have and shall not entertain jurisdiction in any action of attachment, garnishment, or supplementary proceeding, when:
(2) the money sought to be reached by the attachment, garnishment, or supplementary proceedings is the personal earnings or wages due or owing to the principal defendant from a person or corporation doing business in Indiana.
(1) the plaintiff and principal defendant are both nonresidents of Indiana; and
Terms Used In Indiana Code 34-25-1-2
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- 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
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-11-46.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.20.