Legal Question in Family Law in Tennessee

Can You Garnish the Wages of an X-husband's New Wife if he Refuses to pay Child

The title pretty much says it all. The X refuses to pay child support. I heard that you could garnish the new spouce's wages if the X doesn't pay. Is this true? And how would one go about doing this?


Asked on 9/21/05, 3:04 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Marc Reisman Rosenblum & Reisman, P.C.

Re: Can You Garnish the Wages of an X-husband's New Wife if he Refuses to pay Ch

I am aware of no circumstance where you can garnish the wages of a person against whom you have no valid judgment. Thus, I do not believe you can do what you propose. You may wish to run this past a local attorney and see what he/she thinks.

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Answered on 9/21/05, 3:11 pm


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