I have a customer that I took to small claims court and won and then I had his new employer served to garnish his wages. Needless to say the employer did not respond to the courts request to garnish the wages. To work things out, I called the employer and he told me the guy just quit yesterday and tough luck in collecting my money.

The next day I called the clerks office at the district court and told them what had happened. They said I should file for a contempt of court since the person was employed at the time of having the garnishment served and the employer did not respond in any way to the court. So I did.

Today I get notification that a date has been set for the employer to come to court for being contempt of court for not answering the garnishment.

The question I have is what happens at that hearing and can the employer be foirced to pay me for the garnishment since the guy was employed when the garnishment was served?