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Rules and Forms | Civil Practice and Procedure: Implementation of Assembly Bill 2837 (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
Assembly Bill 2837 (Stats. 2024, ch. 514) made numerous changes to the laws regarding enforcement of judgment, including a new requirement to verify the judgment debtor’s address before the sheriff can serve papers related to enforcement of a judgment for personal debt, changes to the start of the earnings withholding period, and new requirements for orders on claims of exemption from enforcement of judgment. The Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee recommends adopting 3 forms and revising 13 forms to implement AB 2837.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective January 1, 2026, take the following actions to implement changes made by AB 2837 to the laws regarding enforcement of judgment:
1. Adopt the following forms:
• Declaration of Address Verification (form WG-015/EJ-135)
• Application to Stay Levy or Garnishment (form WG-017/EJ-137)
• Order on Application to Stay Levy or Garnishment
(form WG-018/EJ-138)
2. Revise the following forms:
• Writ of Execution (form EJ-130)
• Instructions for Ex Parte Application for Order on Deposit Account Exemption (form EJ-157-INFO)
• Claim of Exemption (form EJ-160)
• Memorandum of Costs After Judgment, Acknowledgment of Credit, and Declaration of Accrued Interest (form MC-012)
• Information Sheet for Calculating Interest and Amount Owed on a Judgment (form MC-013-INFO)
• Special Instructions for Writs and Levies--Attachment
(form SER-001A)
• Earnings Withholding Order (form WG-002)
• Employee Instructions (form WG-003)
• Earnings Withholding Order for Support (form WG-004)
• Claim of Exemption (form WG-006)
• Notice of Hearing on Claim of Exemption (form WG-010/EJ-175)
• Earnings Withholding Order for Taxes (form WG-022)
• Earnings Withholding Order for Elder or Dependent Adult Financial Abuse (form WG-030)
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