After a levy upon a debt due or accruing to the judgment debtor from a third person, herein called the garnishee, the court may upon notice to the garnishee and the judgment debtor, and if the garnishee admits the debt, direct the debt, to an amount not exceeding the sum sufficient to satisfy the execution, to be paid to the officer holding the execution or to the receiver appointed by the court, either in 1 payment or in installments as the court may deem just.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:17-63
Order to garnishee to pay debt
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Finberg v. Sullivan (1980)
Most recently applied in 114 F. Supp. 3d 596 - Johnson v. Blitt & Gaines, P.C. (July 2015)
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
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