§ 13:3923 — One writ and one set of interrogatories sufficient; statement of sums due to be

§3923. One writ and one set of interrogatories sufficient; statement of sums due to be
furnished to garnishee; installment payments; reopening case; retention of
jurisdiction; cessation of seizure by garnishment upon termination of employment
A. It shall not be necessary that more than one writ of garnishment or one set of
interrogatories be served in a garnishment proceeding, but the court shall render judgment
for the monthly, semimonthly, weekly, or daily payments to be made to the seizing creditor
according to the manner best suited to the circumstances, until the indebtedness is paid. The
garnisher shall serve upon the garnishee the citation, the petition, the garnishment
interrogatories, the notice of seizure, and a statement of sums due under the garnishment,
such statement to include but not be limited to the principal, interest, court costs incurred to
date, and attorney fees due under the judgment. The court, in its discretion, may reopen the
case upon the motion of any party concerned for evidence affecting the proper continuance
of the garnishment judgment, and the court shall retain jurisdiction to amend or set aside its
garnishment judgment at any time in its discretion; however, all effects of the seizure by
garnishment shall cease upon the termination of employment of the debtor with the
garnishee, unless the debtor is reinstated or reemployed within one hundred eighty days after
the termination. Should judgment by default be taken against any party garnishee, he may
obtain a reopening of the case upon proper showing and within the discretion of the court.
B. Nothing in this Section is meant to affect judgments rendered pursuant to Code
of Civil Procedure Article 2413.

Legislative History

Amended by Acts 1976, No. 359, §1; Acts 2022, No. 265, §2.