Utah Code 35A-3-112. Assistance not assignable — Exemption from execution, garnishment, bankruptcy, or insolvency proceedings
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(1) Public assistance provided under this chapter is not assignable at law or in equity.
Terms Used In Utah Code 35A-3-112
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
- 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
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Public assistance: means :(10)(a) services or benefits provided under Chapter 3, Employment Support Act;(10)(b) medical assistance provided under Title 26B, Chapter 3, Health Care - Administration and Assistance;(10)(c) foster care maintenance payments provided from the General Fund or under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act;(10)(d) SNAP benefits; and(10)(e) any other public funds expended for the benefit of a person in need of financial, medical, food, housing, or related assistance. See Utah Code 35A-1-102(2) None of the money paid or payable under this chapter is subject to:(2)(a) execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process; or(2)(b) the operation of bankruptcy or insolvency law.