I want to get a 2nd job but will child support garnish my income from my 2nd job also? Will they deducted more than I have to pay for each month or will they take half from my 1st job and half from my 2nd job?
I live in California and unsure of how child support handles this in my state.
2007-08-07 11:55:46 · 10 answers · asked by McLovin 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
If they are garnishing child support that means that you owe for past unpaid support, and your second job will be garnished to help catch up faster. If you are current on your child support, then no the 2nd job will not be having child support taken out, as long as the first job is having the full amount taken out. But if the person you are paying child support to finds out about the 2nd job they could ask the court system to up the child support amount since you can now afford to pay more.
2007-08-07 16:36:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Ok here's the deal. I work a second job and child support was garnished from my 1st pay check. I don't have any arrears and my primary job covers the full amount of the support. So now you're probably thinking why, right? Well it's a mistake by both the employer and the courts so you have to be proactive. If you have a job that covers the entire amount of support and you have no arrears, then you can call the courts and ask for a release or termination of the support. They will, in return, verify this info and send a fax or letter to that employer. The 2nd employer will stop the garnishment. I was prepared for a verbal battle when I called but it actually went rather smoothly. The representative was very nice and she immediately knew the issue I was having. But, if u have arrears or your other job doesnt cover the monthly amount owed, then the garnishment is legit and warranted.
2016-01-29 09:47:23 · answer #2 · answered by Lion on the job 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They can and probably will as soon as they find out about the 2nd job. It's a virtual certainty that the total will go up. Most likely they'll take the same %age from the 2nd one as the first, and possibly more as you now have more disposable income.
They're your kids and your responsibility, so take care of them!
Garnishment is rarely if ever resorted to if you keep up on the support payments. By the time you're garnished, you are behind on your payments. The arrearages need to be made up and they'll allow you enough to survive on (in theory anyway) and take a large chunk of the rest. As your income rises, so will the garnishment amount until you are current with your payments again.
2007-08-07 11:59:58 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 2⤊ 7⤋
They can't take more out of your checks in total than you owe in child support. But if they know you have the second job, and the first job's garnishment doesn't cover everything, then expect to start having money come out of the second.
2007-08-07 12:08:38 · answer #4 · answered by Angie 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
They could garnish your pay from each job, and would most likely take more out total from the two since you would have more income than if you just had the first job.
2007-08-07 12:42:19 · answer #5 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Garnishment does not mean your behind. It just means that your having your monthly amount taken from your check every month by the courts instead of you paying it yourself in person or of your own free will. No if the amount you owe monthly is being taken cared of by your first job and you don't allow people in your business (baby mama, people who talk your business) you'll be ok. Just make sure the money you earn from you second job is strictly to catch up and its not a job you'll regret quitting if the courts find out. To you folks that are quick to talk about taking care of your responsibilities, I say mind your business. Not all of us can make a decent living with the crazy amounts the courts enforce some of us to pay. A second job is sometimes just enough to pay your own damn rent. So find some business!
2014-12-01 09:04:25 · answer #6 · answered by Alford 1 · 13⤊ 0⤋
Since your income will be rising, most likely they will take more. They base child support on a percentage of your income. You should do the right thing and report your new earnings to the court. Your child deserves it.
Steven, garnishment doesn't mean that people are behind on child support. Most states are automatically garnishing out of checks from the beginning of the order to keep people from skipping out on their obligations. When my sister and brother in law divorced last year the court here in Washington did it.
2007-08-07 12:04:09 · answer #7 · answered by Ryan's mom 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
In New Jersey, If you have two jobs and the primary job covers you child support obligation, they will take money from the second job as their system does not identify that the obligation has been met by the first job. It just attaches to all income sources up to 55% of the net I believe.......
2015-07-09 03:08:47 · answer #8 · answered by Geoffrey 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they don't, the law need updated so they will. A second job means you have more income. That should increase your child support amount in ANY state. Garnishment usually means you are behind. If that is the case, why wouldn't they collect more form a higher income?
2007-08-07 12:02:18 · answer #9 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 1⤊ 6⤋
check with your attorney on that one. but i'm guessin no. as long as your first job doesn't change and you are paying your full child support payment then nothing should change. unless of course you are taken back to court for more money.
2007-08-07 12:00:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋