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Garnishment
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Consumer Finance Monitor
This week’s podcast episode: Takeaways for banks from the CFPB’s recent consent order on garnishment orders
In a recent consent order with a national bank, the CFPB found that the bank committed UDAAP violations in its process for handling garnishment orders and by including certain waiver…
Krekeler Strother, S.C Law Blog
HOW DO I KNOW IF I SHOULD BE CONSIDERING BANKRUPTCY?
There are a number of signs that you should be reviewing your financial situation and considering bankruptcy. They include the following: Your wages or bank accounts are being garnished. Your…
Texas Bar Blog
Can a creditor or debt collector seize your social security or similar benefits?
Money is a powerful thing that can help you build your business and improve your lifestyle. But if you misuse it, it can create problems around you and obstruct your…
Consumer Finance Monitor
This week’s podcast: Protection of economic impact payments (EIPs) from garnishment by creditors: what are the issues now facing financial institutions?
With the U.S. Treasury Department now completing the process of issuing the third round of EIPs, financial institutions must navigate a maze of federal and state garnishment protections. After looking…
Consumer Finance Monitor
New COVID-19 Economic Relief Legislation Provides Exemption for Economic Impact Payments from Garnishment by Private Creditors and Debt Collectors
On December 21, Congress overwhelmingly passed a consolidated bill (H.R. 133) that contains $1.4 trillion in appropriations to keep the federal government funded until October 2021 and $900 billion in…
Legal Profession Blog
It’s Business Not Personal
The Nebraska Supreme Court has overturned a garnishment order against an attorney's personal bank account. Meister, an attorney in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, represented Alejandra Garza (Alejandra), a minor, in a personal injury…
Nebraska Debt & Bankruptcy Blog
Garnishment of Nebraska Unemployment Benefits
By Sam Turco
The COVID-19 virus has caused millions of Americans to file unemployment claims, and the federal government has increased state unemployment benefits by $600 per week though July 2020. May a…
Pennsylvania Family Law
CARES Act Check Garnished if Child Support Owed
By Aaron Weems
Pennsylvania has a host of ways to recover delinquent child support ranging from seizure of bank accounts, gambling winnings, personal injury awards, and the sale proceeds of a home, to…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Employers’ Duty to Process Wage Garnishments Remains Unchanged During COVID-19
By By Sarah Smith Kuehnel, Martin C. Brook
We are experiencing extraordinary times. But even in our current situation of the global coronavirus pandemic, many employer responsibilities will still continue nearly unaffected. One of those is the requirement…
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
Dear Employers: You Can Go To Jail For Firing Employees Due To A Garnishment
By Unknown
Every once in awhile a worker comes to me after having been fired right after a court issues a garnishment order against them for child support (or another debt). This…