Fields v. State Department of Human Resources ex rel. Fields

DONALDSON, Judge.

This appeal involves the right of a person whose wages are subject to a writ of garnishment to an opportunity to be heard to contest the writ. We hold that the person whose wages are subject to a writ of garnishment is entitled to be heard if a hearing is requested. See Robbins v. State ex rel. Priddy, 109 So.3d 1128, 1131 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012) (“Alabama’s garnishment statutes recognize that both the putative garnishee and the defendant are entitled to notice and an opportunity to appear as parties in interest entitled to assert their respective positions as to the plaintiffs…