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The packet explains eligibility criteria, including financial hardship and limits on how low garnishment can be reduced, and clarifies when the court staff completes fields. It guides where and how to file (in person or e-filing), states there is no filing fee, and describes required forms to serve on the plaintiff. 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If a court has ordered your employer to take money from your paycheck to pay a debt.(This is called wage garnishment and can be anywhere from 10% to 25% of your disposable earnings. )  \n2. If the amount of money being taken from your paycheck is causing you financial hardship.  \n3. If you want to ask the court to reduce your wage garnishment to make it easier to pay for basic living expenses. Your wage garnishment cannot be lower than 10% of your disposable earnings unless you make less than $242 a week.  \nBefore you get started  \n• All forms included in this form packet are required to ﬁle your motion to reduce garnishment with the court.  \n• You may choose to ﬁle your documents at the courthouse in the county where your case is ﬁled, or to e-ﬁle them. If you want to ﬁle your paper documents at the courthouse, you will need to print them when you have ﬁnished ﬁlling them out. You can review the  \ninformation about how to ﬁle your forms with the court in-person at this link:  \n[https://indianalegalhelp.org/how-to-](https://indianalegalhelp.org/how-to-)ﬁle-forms-with-the-court-in-person/  \n• If you choose to e-ﬁle, instead of ﬁling in-person, make sure you review the information at this link: [https://indianalegalhelp.org/how-to-electronically-](https://indianalegalhelp.org/how-to-electronically-)ﬁle-forms-with-the-court/  \n• There is no ﬁling fee. Because you are ﬁling a motion in a case that already exists, thereis no ﬁling fee for these documents.  \nWho Should be Completing What?  \nThe picture above is a “Caption” and is at the top of each form. You will ﬁll in the case information here.  \nThe icon to the left is the “Defendant” icon. Wherever you see the Defendant icon, you will begin ﬁlling in the blanks with the correct information. Once you see the Court Staﬀ icon, stop ﬁlling in the blanks until you see the Defendant icon again. The Court Staﬀ icon is explained below.  \nThe icon to the left is the “Court Staﬀ” icon. Wherever you see the Court Staﬀ icon, the court staﬀ will ﬁll in the blanks with the required information. Do not complete anything in areas where you see the Court Staﬀ con.  \nThere may be entire pages or parts of pages in this form packet that only the court staﬀ will complete. These pages will only have the Court Staﬀ icon and no Defendant icons.  \nForms Included in this Packet:  \n1. ) Appearance  \n• This is the form that tells the court and the Plaintiﬀ (the person or company you owe money to) how to contact you if they need to  \n2. ) Motion to Reduce Garnishment to Ten Percent of Disposable Income  \n• This is the form that asks the court to reduce the amount of money being taken from your paycheck.  \n3. ) Aﬃdavit in Support of Motion to Reduce Garnishment  \n• This is the form where you explain to the court why the current garnishment is causing you ﬁnancial hardship. You will list your income, expenses, and other reasons why you need the garnishment reduced.  \n4. ) Order Setting Hearing  \n• This is a form for the court staﬀ to ﬁll out. The judge may schedule a hearing to decide whether to grant your motion. If a hearing is scheduled, you will receive notice of the date and time.  \n5. ) Order on Motion to Reduce Garnishment  \n• This is a form for the court staﬀ to ﬁll out. The judge will use this form to decide whether to grant or deny your motion, and if granted, how much the garnishment will be reduced.  \nThings to Know About Filing Your Court Forms:  \n• After completing your forms and ﬁling them with the court, you have to make a reasonable eﬀort to get a copy of the following forms to the Plaintiﬀ’s attorney (or to the Plaintiﬀ themselves if they aren’t represented by an attorney):  \no Appearance  \no Motion to Reduce Garnishment  \no Aﬃdavit in Support of Motion to Reduce Garnishment  \n• In the Certiﬁcate of Service section (see the “Terms You May Need To Know” below) on each form, you will have to tell the court how you got cop","cbCaijkqlvJFObKJ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijkqlvJFObKJ","pdf",1330433,"English","# Motion to Reduce Wage Garnishment Form Instructions\n## Who Should Complete the Packet and When\n## Forms Included in the Packet\n## Filing Your Court Forms\n## Definitions and Terms You May Need to Know","[{\"question\":\"When can you ask the court to reduce wage garnishment?\",\"answer\":\"You can file a motion to reduce garnishment when a court ordered your employer to withhold money from your paycheck and the amount is causing you financial hardship. 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