[header] How to garnish wages in california [title] Get a copy of your judgment. [step] You can only garnish wages if you have a court judgment entered on your behalf by a judge. If you have a contract with someone and the other party stops paying on the contract, you cannot immediately bring an action for wage garnishment.
Instead, you must sue for breach of contract and get a judgment in your favor. [substeps] When the judgment is entered, you will be mailed a notice of entry of judgment form.