With new Georgia law, garnishments resume in Gwinnett
Georgia’s new garnishment law, which offers more protections to people who owe money, goes into effect Thursday — eight months after a federal judge declared the previous law unconstitutional.
During those eight months, some garnishments were prohibited in Gwinnett County, where the suit was filed. Other counties also stopped accepting garnishment filings, at least temporarily, while they waited for the law to be changed.
The new law fixes a number of issues. But David Addleton, a Macon attorney whose clients are mostly elderly and disabled, said the new law doesn’t go as far as it should.
“It didn’t fix the real problem,” Addleton said.
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About the Author
Arielle Kass covers Gwinnett County for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She started at the paper in 2010, and has covered business and local government beats around metro Atlanta. Arielle is a graduate of Emory University.
