2007-09-04 10:09:16 · 6 answers · asked by mitchell l 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
I do know they have to leave you with an amount that you can live on (supposedly), but as long as you owe on something that your paycheck can legally be garnished to pay off, your paycheck will continue to be garnished.
2007-09-04 10:35:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends upon the state where you live. In TX, your wages can ONLY be garnished for taxes or child support.
In states where garnishment is allowed, it's usually a dollar limit not a limit on the total number of garnishment actions filed against you.
2007-09-04 20:15:07 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As I just learned, collection agencies have changed. They garnish in increments. And the process is streamlined now to jack your bill periodically. I just paid double the amount of original bill, just in
these "jacked amounts. Rather than garnish your wages once and follow through, they will do it for sixty days. Im the meantime they'll readjust the amount, and re-file, costing you another 200.00 to 350.00. Then they will re-garnish lying to you, and saying your all done, last payment is such and such. Then your last payment gets jacked another 300.00, because they filed through the court again. By the time they are done giving it too you in the rear, and embarassing you needlessly multiple times
in front of your employer, then, and only then.....are you done.
What bothers me, is the laws for the defendant appear to be written in order to only be embarrased for an unpaid bill once.
But the new "streamlined", collection practices not only result in a 100% markup, but multiple embarrassments, due to the fact that when they talk to you on the phone, its practiced, and your not. So they will tell you, "one more", and then re-file it, jack it up some more....and they can sue you twice in front of your employer. It should be once. In my case, the last payment on the second garnishement lawsuit double'd the cost.
So be careful when getting sued and watch for these what I consider "shady", victimization of people already in financial trouble. If your garnishement won't be paid off in 60 days, ask them if you will be re-sued every sixty days. Thats what was done to me.
2014-01-23 23:21:17 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As long as the collectors have judgments, they can keep garnishing. The good news is that the max that can be garnished at one time is 25%.
2007-09-04 19:56:02 · answer #4 · answered by bdancer222 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Until the debt is paid or the judge cancels the order.
2007-09-04 17:17:37 · answer #5 · answered by Rob B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, like I've told my buddy, its alot easier o just pay your bills&save alot $$$ in fees,and enbarrasement!! He has 11 large bills waiting their turn, he'll probly get fired, can't file brk, he lik you is screwed!!
2007-09-04 17:18:30 · answer #6 · answered by happywjc 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋