812.30 Definitions.
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812.30 Definitions. In this subchapter:
(1)“Business day” has the meaning given in s. 421.301
(6).
(2)“Court” includes a circuit court commissioner assigned to preside at a proceeding under this subchapter.
(3)“Creditor” means a person who has a claim against a debtor.
(4)“Debtor” means the person whose earnings are subject to the garnishment and who is either the judgment debtor or the judgment debtor’s spouse whose earnings are marital property.
(5)“Dependent” means the debtor’s spouse if living in the debtor’s household and any other individual whom the debtor is legally required to support and to whom the debtor provides substantial support or maintenance.
(6)“Disposable earnings” means that part of the earnings of the debtor remaining after deducting social security taxes and federal and state income taxes listed on the person’s wage statement.