532.168 Show cause hearing for failure to comply with criminal garnishment order. If a garnishee fails to comply with the terms of the order of criminal garnishment within thirty (30) days after its issuance, the attorney for the Commonwealth may move the court to order the garnishee to show cause why he should not be held in contempt. If the court finds that the failure was willful or grossly negligent, the court shall find the garnishee in contempt and shall award reasonable attorney's fees and costs, in addition to any contempt sanction it imposes. Effective: July 15, 1998 History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 606, sec. 176, effective July 15, 1998.
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