Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Colorado

Re: Wage Garnishment (national company in CO and VA)

Dear Friend,

That sounds like it would make a good law school examination question. First of all, I think that the judgment should be recorded and made executory in the county and state were the judgment debtor resides. And I am pretty sure that you may conduct garnishment wherever the judgment debtor has assets, one of which would be his wages due him, wherever they may be located. I am not so sure that you could enforce a garnishment out of a court in Colorado if the judgment debtor's wages were being earned, held and paid in Virginia. Perhaps by so serving the employer with a garnishment in Colorado, if it is in fact the same corporation/employer that the judgment debtor is working for in Virginia, you could enforce a garnishment instituted in Colorado to recover wages earned, held and paid in Virginia. If you are in Colorado, that would at least be worth a try, as it would not be so complicated and expensive as attempting to have the judgment made executory in Virginia and then issuing the garnishment out of a Virginia court. You might just call Northrop Grumman's pay-roll department and/or or legal office in Colorado and/or Virginia and ask them how they would deal with such a garnishment issued out of Colorado to garnish (seize) wages earned with their company at one of its Virginia facilities. Of course, I am no expert on interstate collections, so there are other lawyers who could give you a more definitive answer; but for the time's being, this is the best you have from this one Louisiana lawyer. Good luck! Sorry I could not be more definitive in my own answer.

Sincerely,

Hardy Parkerson, Atty.

Lake Charles, LA