Czap v. Credit Bureau of Santa Clara Valley

Opinion

CHRISTIAN, J.

Appellant Joan Czap sued to enjoin respondent credit bureau from garnishing her wages in execution of a $250 judgment for attorney fees incurred in a divorce action. She alleges that respondent rejected her offer to pay the judgment in installments and that repeated levies are threatened despite respondent’s knowledge that all but $45 weekly of appellant’s wages are exempt from execution under Code of Civil Procedure section 690.11. The complaint alleges that repeated garnishments of wages jeopardize appellant’s employment and that respondent’s purpose is thereby to force…