Earnings garnishment is an action to collect an unsatisfied civil judgment for money damages plus statutory interest and costs, from earnings payable by the garnishee to the debtor.
Wis. Stat. § 812.32
1993 Wis. Act 80 contains judicial council notes.
How Do Creditors, Debtors and Overburdened Small Claims Courts Get Relief? 1993 Wisconsin Act 80. Fullin. Wis. Law. March 1994.