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Fla. Stat. § 77.083 (2025)
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77.083 Judgment.—Judgment against the garnishee on the garnishee’s answer or after trial of a reply to the garnishee’s answer shall be entered for the amount of his or her liability as disclosed by the answer or trial. Instead of scire facias, the court may subpoena the garnishee to inquire about his or her liability to or possession of property of the defendant. No judgment in excess of the amount remaining unpaid on the final judgment against the defendant or in excess of the amount of the liability of the garnishee to the defendant, whichever is less, shall be entered against the garnishee.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 23
cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1980–2026 · leading case: Cathy Jackson-Platts v. Gen. Elec. Capital Corp., 727 F.3d 1127 (11th Cir. 2013).
Cathy Jackson-Platts v. Gen. Elec. Capital Corp., 727 F.3d 1127 (11th Cir. 2013). “3d at 789 (upholding money judgment against third party in supplementary proceeding), with Fla. Stat. § 77.083 (“Judgment against the garnishee .”
Suntrust Bank v. Arrow Energy, Inc., Aviation Fuel Int'l, Inc. & Sean Wagner, 199 So. 3d 1026 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016). “083, Florida Statutes (2013), which provides that “/n]o judgment in excess of the amount remaining unpaid on the final judgment against the defendant or in excess of the amount of the liability of the garnishee to the defendant, whichever is less, shall be entered against the…”
SEC. Bank v. Bellsouth Adv. & Pub. Corp., 679 So. 2d 795 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996). “See also § 77.083, Fla.Stat.; Carpenter v. Benson, 478 So.”
Alejandre v. Repub. of Cuba, 42 F. Supp. 2d 1317 (S.D. Fla. 1999). “In accordance with Fla. Stat. § 77.083 , judgment is hereby ENTERED against the Garnishees for the following amounts, representing their indebtedness to ETECSA as put forth in their respective Answers: 1.”
Salcedo v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 223 So. 3d 1099 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017). “The purpose of the judgment referred to by section 77.083, Florida Statutes (specifying that a final judgment shall be entered for the amount of the garnishee’s liability on the garnishee’s answer), is to allow transfer of the funds held by the garnishee for the judgment debtor…”
Carpenter v. Benson, 478 So. 2d 353 (Fla. 5th DCA 1985). “That the obligation of a garnishee is so limited is further demonstrated by section 77.083 which provides that no judgment in excess of the amount remaining unpaid on the final judgment against the defendant or in excess of the amount of the liability of the garnishee to the…”
Sokolsky v. Kuhn, 386 So. 2d 806 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980). “07 and § 77.083, Florida Statutes. Appellant has also presented other issues which we feel do not merit discussion and raise no points of reversible error, except *808 insofar as the garnishment of deposition costs exceeds the 25% of disposable earnings limitation of 15 U.”
Int'l Travel Card, Inc. v. R. C. Hasler, Inc., 411 So. 2d 215 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982). “§ 77.083. A default judgment may be awarded if the garnishee fails to answer.”
Shares! Uganda Ltd. v. Gold Foods USA LLC (S.D. Fla. 2024). “” Fla. Stat. § 77.083 . Any judgment entered against the garnishee may not be greater than “the amount remaining unpaid on the final judgment against the defendant or in excess of the amount of the liability of the garnishee to the defendant, whichever is less[.”
Navy Fed. Credit Union v. Veros Credit, LLC & Jonathan D. Arroyo (Fla. 4th DCA 2024). “” (emphasis added)), with § 77.083, Fla. Stat. (2021) (“Judgment against the garnishee on the garnishee’s answer or after trial of a reply to the garnishee’s answer shall be entered for the amount of his or her liability as disclosed by the answer or trial.”
Cont'l Nat'l Bank v. Tavormina (In re Masvidal), 10 F.3d 761 (11th Cir. 1993). “Fla.Stat. § 77.083. The judgment against the garnishee may then be enforced by means of execution and levy on any of the garnishee’s property.”
Birmingham v. Rofx.net (S.D. Fla. 2024). “Fla. Stat. § 77.083 . However, if the plaintiff does not file a reply, then the garnishee’s answer is taken as true.”
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