Can a creditor garnish an inheiritance through the estate attorney

Question

Can a creditor garnish an inheiritance through the estate attorney

Answer

The answer is yes. An estate may be garnished for money owed through the executor.

642.1 WHO MAY BE GARNISHED.

A sheriff may be garnished for money of the defendant in the

sheriff's hands; a judgment debtor of the defendant, when the

judgment has not been assigned on the record, or by writing filed in

the office of the clerk and by the clerk minuted as an assignment on

the margin of the judgment docket; and an executor, for money due

from decedent.