Topic
Garnishment
43 published works
Nebraska Debt & Bankruptcy Blog
How to Stop a Bank Account Garnishment
By Sam Turco
In every state there exists a list of property that is protected from creditor garnishments and property seizures. We call these laws Exemptions. In theory, these laws are designed to…
Legal Profession Blog
Hold The Garnish
The Ohio Supreme Court has suspended an attorney for one year with six months stated on conditions.The attorney joined a Toledo law firm as a full-time hourly employee in 2000.…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Can A Creditor Take My Social Security?
By Bryan Fears
Many retired Americans live on fixed incomes. If you are in this group, you know there is little room in your budget to pay an unsecured creditor like a medical…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Help! My Bank Account Is Frozen!
By Bryan Fears
Fewer things can throw your world upside down like having your bank account frozen. A bank garnishment or seizure is usually the result of a creditor attempting to collect after…
Alabama Employment Law Report
Georgia Garnishments, Florida Minimum Wage and Misclassification of Employees as Independent Contractors
Since we have all been overloaded with immigration issues, I will be looking at 3 separate issues in this post. First, the Georgia Supreme Court adopted an opinion issued by…
Nebraska Debt & Bankruptcy Blog
Recovering Pre-Bankruptcy Garnishments
By Sam Turco
Upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition, all collection activity is immediately stopped, including ongoing lawsuits and wage garnishments. What few people or their attorneys are aware of, however, is…
Banking & Finance Law Report
New Interim Final Rule Governing Garnishment of Accounts-76 Fed. Reg. (Feb. 23, 2011) (to be codified at 31 C.F.R. pt. 212)
A new interim federal rule effective May 1, 2011 protects from garnishment a portion of certain federal benefits direct-deposited into judgment debtor's account within two months of the garnishment. The…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
New Federal Protection for Exempt Bank Funds
By Bryan Fears
A new federal rule set to take effect on May 1, 2011, will increase protection for exempt funds in a garnished bank account. Federal law already protects many federal benefits,…
Reverse & Render
Order Denying Dissolution of Garnishment Not Appealable
By Byron Henry
The Fort Worth Court of Appeals recently reaffirmed that orders denying a motion to dissolve a prejudgment writ of garnishment are interlocutory and, therefore, not appealable. Accordingly, the Court dismissed the appeal. …
Outside Inhouse Lawyer Blog
Out of State Assets of Judgment Debtor May be Garnished if Bank is Subject to NY Jurisdiction
By Grace Healy
For me, a big part of a discussion regarding whether or not to litigate is figuring out whether there will be anything to collect. Today, in Koheler v. The Bank…