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KRS 427.005

Definitions

Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case In Re: Sheri Whorley Morehead (2001)

Most recently applied in Shafizadeh v. Shafizadeh (December 2012)

Effective: July 14, 1992 History: Amended 1992 Ky

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

As used in this chapter:

(1) The term "earnings" means compensation paid or payable for personal services, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus, or otherwise, and includes periodic payments pursuant to a pension or retirement program.

(2) The term "disposable earnings" means that part of the earnings of any individual remaining after the deduction from those earnings of any amounts required by law to be withheld.

(3) The term "garnishment" means any legal or equitable procedure through which the earnings of any individual are required to be withheld for payment of any debt.

(4) The terms "household furnishings, jewelry, personal clothing, and ornaments" mean clothing, furniture, appliances, linens, china, crockery, kitchenware, and personal effects of an individual and the individual's dependents, but do not include:

(a) Works of art;

(b) Electronic entertainment equipment (except to the extent of one (1) television and one (1) radio);

(c) Antiques; and (d) Jewelry other than wedding rings.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.