Garnishee's failure to appear or provide information; effect;
procedure
Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to a garnishee who is summoned
and:
(1) fails to appear and provide discovery as required by law; or
(2) fails to answer or demur to the matters set forth against the
garnishee in the affidavit, additional complaint, or
interrogatories.
(b) When a garnishee fails to provide information as described in
subsection (a):
(1) the information may be taken as confessed;
(2) judgment may be entered by default; or
(3) the garnishee may be examined under oath concerning all
the matters charged in the affidavit or additional complaint.
(c) Proceedings, pleadings, and process under this section must
conform to the practice in other cases, as necessary to determine the
rights of the parties and render a final judgment.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.20.
Last modified: May 24, 2006