Royal v. Walsh

VOIGT, Justice.

[¶ 1] In their bankruptcy petition, Cleve Calvin Walsh and Jennifer Lynn Walsh (the Walshes) claimed an exemption of seventy-five percent of the funds garnished from their bank account. The bankruptcy trustee objected to the claimed exemption. The United States Bankruptcy Court, for the District of Wyoming, then certified to this Court the following questions, which we have agreed to answer:

1. Are funds derived from a debtor’s wages and deposited into the debtor’s bank account exempt from garnish*2ment under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1 — 15— 408 or § 40-14-505(b) (LexisNexis 2003)?

2. If…