Virginia Code 34-4.2: Additional exemption for parents of dependent children
A. Where a parent supports a dependent minor child or children residing with him, that parent can hold exempt from wage garnishment, in addition to the property or estate that he is entitled to hold exempt from creditor process under §§ 20-108.1, 34-4, 34-4.1, 34-26, 34-27, 34-29, and 64.2-311, an additional amount for the support of the child or children as follows: $34 per week for one child; $52 per week for two children; and $66 per week for three or more children. This additional wage exemption amount shall not be available to a parent whose household gross income, including any support payments for children living in the home, exceeds $1,750 per month. For purposes of this section, “household gross income” means all income from all sources, and shall include, but not be limited to, salaries, wages, commissions, royalties, bonuses, dividends, severance pay, pensions, interest, trust income, annuities, capital gains, social security benefits, workers’ compensation benefits, unemployment insurance benefits, disability insurance benefits, veterans’ benefits, child support, spousal support, rental income, gifts, prizes or awards paid to any adult living in the household or to the dependent child.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 34-4.2
- Adult: means a person 18 years of age or more. See Virginia Code 1-203
- 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.
- Creditor process: means all methods used by creditors to collect unsecured debts. See Virginia Code 34-1
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Exempt: means protected from all forms of creditor process. See Virginia Code 34-1
- Exemption: means protection from all forms of creditor process. See Virginia Code 34-1
- 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
- Month: means a calendar month and "year" means a calendar year. See Virginia Code 1-223
- Notary: means notary public. See Virginia Code 1-226
- Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
- sworn: means "affirm" or "affirmed. See Virginia Code 1-250
B. To claim this wage exemption, the parent shall attach to the claim for exemption form set forth in § 8.01-512.4 an affidavit and two items of proof showing that the debtor is entitled to this additional wage exemption. The affidavit shall contain the following statement:
AFFIDAVIT CONCERNING DEPENDENT CHILDREN AND HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Having been duly sworn, I, ____________________, depose and state the following to be true, accurate and complete:
1. I support __________ (number) dependent children, whose names and ages are as follows. For each child I have included the amount of monthly child support I receive (including voluntary support payments and payments made pursuant to a court or administrative order), and, if the child is employed or has other income, the amount of the child’s gross monthly income. (If you receive no support for the child and the child has no income, insert zero.)
| a | Full legal name of child | Age | Child’s gross monthly support and income |
| b | _________________________ | ______ | ______________________________________________ |
| c | _________________________ | ______ | ______________________________________________ |
| d | _________________________ | ______ | ______________________________________________ |
| e | _________________________ | ______ | ______________________________________________ |
(attach additional pages if necessary)
2. My personal gross monthly income, not including any of the above amounts, is $__________.
3. The following are the names and gross monthly incomes of all people who reside with me in the same house, apartment or other dwelling, other than the above-named dependent minor child or children. (If the household resident has no income, insert zero.)
| a | Full legal name of household residents | Gross monthly income |
| b | __________________________________________ | _________________________ |
| c | __________________________________________ | _________________________ |
| d | __________________________________________ | _________________________ |
| e | __________________________________________ | _________________________ |
(attach additional pages if necessary)
4. I swear or affirm that no person other than the above-named individuals resides with me and that I reside with no person other than the above-named individuals.
________________________________________ (signature of debtor)
____________________ (date)
Commonwealth of Virginia:
City/County of ____________________, to wit:
Subscribed and sworn to before me, the undersigned Notary Public, this __________ day of __________ (month), __________ (year)
Notary Public: ________________________________________
My commission expires: ____________________
2009, c. 332.