In Re Gibbs
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
MERRITT S. DEITZ, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
These debtors seek to characterize as a “judicial lien,” and therefore avoid, an order of garnishment which occurred eight months before their bankruptcy. If successful, the debtors would realize an additional exemption in the amount of the garnishment, $230.34. We are unable to grant the requested relief, for reasons not addressed in the debtors’ brief.
The only relevant facts, which are uncontested, are that (a) the Allen District Court issued an order of garnishment against the wages of Larecea Gibbs in favor of Creditors’ Collection Bureau,…
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