Topic
Garnishment
43 published works
California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog
“U Can’t Touch This”: When A Garnished Employee Goes Bankrupt
By Christopher Harney, Ryan Pinkston
Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers increasingly find themselves in the difficult position of deciding whether to continue garnishing an employee’s wages pursuant to a garnishment order when the employee files for bankruptcy.…
McNees Public Sector
I Have a Judgment, Now What? Collecting and Enforcing a Money Judgment Through the Garnishment Process
By Dana Chilson
As a plaintiff, you often roam a long and weary road before you achieve your ultimate litigation goal: a judgment against a defendant. Now that you have your prize, what…
Nebraska Debt & Bankruptcy Blog
Garnishment of Joint Bank Accounts
By Sam Turco
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
Employee Pay and the Bankruptcy Stay – Potential Pitfalls Part 2: Garnishment Issues
In a prior post, we set forth the potential liability of employers for collection of debts owed by employees in violation of the bankruptcy stay. To protect themselves from such…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Social Security Garnished to Pay Student Loans
By Bryan Fears
Student loan default is an epidemic problem among senior citizens. The default rate currently stands at over 12%, more than three percentage points higher than borrowers under 30 years old.…
Las Vegas Attorney Malik Ahmad
Are there limitations on what can be garnished?
By Malik
Are there limitations on what can be garnished? Wage garnishments Exempt earnings are not subject to garnishment. Exempt earnings are those which are not subject to judicial process (including garnishment)…
Las Vegas Attorney Malik Ahmad
Nevada garnishment and how to handle it.
By Malik
Garnishment is not something which cannot happen to you: its signs must be visible for quite some time. You can see them from a distance. – You may get notices,…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
OCC Issues Garnishment Guidance
On April 1, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued the “Garnishment of Accounts Containing Federal Benefit Payments” booklet, which is new to the Comptroller’s Handbook. The…
Georgia Bankruptcy Blog
Judge Diehl: Undisbursed Funds Paid Into Court For Garnishment Are Property Of The Estate
By Scott Riddle
In In re Cochran, Ch. 7 Case No. 13-43242, 2014 Bankr. LEXIS 1178 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. Feb. 10, 2014), the issue in the motion to avoid lien was whether funds…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
What happens if a creditor gets a judgment against me?
By Bryan Fears
After a creditor obtains a judgment for a suit on a debt they can use the judgment to start to collect. The judgment creditor can attempt to collect any non-exempt…