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HOLMES v. BLAZER FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

No. 78-912.

369 So.2d 987 (1979)

Eddie HOLMES and Versie Holmes, Petitioners, v. BLAZER FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. and Royal Trust Bank of Palm Beach, N.A. f/k/a Worth Avenue Bank, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm Anderson of Law Offices of Malcolm Anderson, North Palm Beach, for petitioners.

John B. Powell, IV, of Ombres, Powell, Tennyson & St. John, West Palm Beach, for respondent Blazer.

Larry R. Morgan of Greater Orlando Area Legal Services, Inc., Orlando, as amicus curiae.

ANSTEAD, Judge.

By this petition for writ of certiorari the petitioners seek our interpretation of Section 222.11, Florida Statutes (1975) which exempts from garnishment wages due the head of a household.

The petitioners' bank accounts were garnished. In response, petitioners claim that the funds in the accounts were their wages and hence protected from garnishment under Section 222.11, which provides that

No writ of attachment or garnishment or other...

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