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Income Garnishment

The withholding of a portion of an employee's wages due to a court order in conjunction with a lawsuit decided against the garnishee.

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If you have a nonperiodic garnishment against you in the state of Michigan can they garnish a joint bank account?

Yes, joint bank accounts are subject to garnishments or levy for debts of any or all of the account holders and regardless of who puts the money in.

Edu is garnishing wages can they offset fed return with out notice?

Yes, any garnishment for federal student loans has the ability to take your income tax refund checks without any notice, since such ability is prescribed by law or regulation.

Can wages be garnished on an auto repo in Maryland?

Yes, but only by an order of the courts brought by a motion from the plaintiffs for such wage garnishments to occur. The bank or collections agency can not garnish wages without the courts, and if they threaten to take such actions without intentions or ability they may be in violation of State and/or Federal collections laws.

Can you stop a garnishment using the statute of limitations if the debt collector has won a judgment in small claims court in Ohio?

In Ohio, once a debt collector has obtained a judgment in small claims court, the statute of limitations does not prevent garnishment as the judgment itself is enforceable. However, if a significant amount of time has passed since the judgment was issued (typically 21 years for most debts), you may be able to argue that the judgment is no longer enforceable. It's important to consult with a legal professional to understand your specific situation and options for challenging the garnishment.

Can your wages be garnished for something that happened 10 years ago?

On ordinary bad debts no, however since wage garnishments are an act of the courts you must be talking about a 10 year old judgment, which can come back to bite debtors in the behind up to 20 years later.

How to handle money owed by decedent to the state?

The executor should pay the bill. If there isn't enough to pay it, the state may not get their money.

How many times can same company garnish wages with no break in between?

As many times as it takes to pay off the judgment, however typically they only need to file the garnishment once unless you change jobs frequently. If not, you can always challenge the amount being garnished from your wages.

A student loan has been in default will collection agency still garnish tax return?

If it was a federal student loan, then yes, the collections agency could take your income tax return money. If it was a non-federal loan, then they would not be able. Secondly, federal student loans are can not be discharged, the US always gets paid even when laws are created for private businesses that disallow the same right of collections.

Can you go back to school if your old student loans are in default?

no you can not. contact the department or company that your defaulted student loans are located at. some have a repayment/rehabilitation plan. When you complete this you can go back to school. best of luck!

Who can garnish ssd checks?

i cosign for a car am on ssd the car was rep ode now there after me to pay the loan

You are trying to find out where someone is employed to garnish wages from a vehicle accident How do you find that information out?

The best way would be to hire a debt collections or law firm to collect the judgment. They can typically be hired on a commission rate and cover all the costs in getting the debt paid. Another way would be to use one of those online people searching tools, however that would not give you access to things like credit report data.

Laws about unpaid medical bills?

As a patient, do I have the right to pay what I can afford on my medical bill each month, and over look the minimum payment from the doctor's office, for the state of IN.

How do you contact Budd company for retirement benefits?

Address for Budd Company (now called Thyssen Budd Automotive Company):

3155 W. Big Beaver Road, P.O. Box 2601, Troy, Michigan 48007-2601, U.S.A.

As of 7-19-2010, if you want to get information concerning retirement benefits, contact:

AXA Equitable Benefit Payment Services Group

PO Box 4998

Syracuse, NY 13221

Group Pension Division: 1-877-342-7775

What are wage garnishment laws in Montana?

What percent can a creditor take from your paycheck in the state of Montana, saying you owe 5,000.

Can you stop a credit card company from garnishing your wages?

No - if you've defaulted on payments to the card company, they have the right to recover their money by any legal means. By the time they're telling you they're about to garnish your wages, they've usually sent numerous reminder letters - which you've obviously ignored.

If you already have a payment arrangement with the IRS will they take your refund?

Yes, if you already have a payment arrangement with the IRS but have a refund due, they will take the refund. If you have a balance due, they will apply your tax refund to this balance.

Colorado garnish law for disability check?

Disability benefits are not subject to creditor garnishment. This law does not apply to child support or tax arrearages. Garnishment action for spousal maintenance depends upon the terms of the divorce decree.

How do you receive amount balance on a garnishment?

Contact the collection agency that is doing the garnishment, .I would also ask them to email you all the documents as we'll. Keep for your records.

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