Tips for Garnishee Employers, Part One: The Perils of Ignoring Garnishment...
Employers should never ignore and always strictly follow a garnishment. It is a court order directing the employer to perform a certain act. Therefore, employers should always answer the garnishment...
View ArticleTips for Garnishee Employers, Part Two: A Light at the End of the Tunnel?...
In part one of this two-part series on garnishments, I discussed the consequences employers face if they mishandle garnishment orders. In part two, I address one of the hurdles that employers face when...
View ArticleOCC 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 booklet...
View ArticleReturn to Sender: The Boomerang of Garnishment Checks Back to Georgia Employers
Across Georgia, employers are opening their mailboxes to discover that courts have returned checks that employers previously submitted to satisfy garnishment actions. This is the result of decisions by...
View ArticleGeorgia Wage Garnishments Resume after Revised Order
Nearly one month after Federal Judge Marvin Shoob, of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, ruled that Georgia's garnishment law is unconstitutional, on Monday, October...
View ArticleInvalidation of Georgia Garnishment Statute – Now What?
On September 8, 2015, a federal district court invalidated a portion of the Georgia post-judgment garnishment statute in Strickland v. Alexander, No. 1:12-CV-02735-MHS (N.D. Ga.). Senior Judge Marvin...
View ArticleTips for Garnishee Employers, Part One: The Perils of Ignoring Garnishment...
Employers should never ignore and always strictly follow a garnishment. It is a court order directing the employer to perform a certain act. Therefore, employers should always answer the garnishment...
View ArticleTips for Garnishee Employers, Part Two: A Light at the End of the Tunnel?...
In part one of this two-part series on garnishments, I discussed the consequences employers face if they mishandle garnishment orders. In part two, I address one of the hurdles that employers face when...
View ArticleOCC 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 booklet...
View ArticleReturn to Sender: The Boomerang of Garnishment Checks Back to Georgia Employers
Across Georgia, employers are opening their mailboxes to discover that courts have returned checks that employers previously submitted to satisfy garnishment actions. This is the result of decisions by...
View ArticleGeorgia Wage Garnishments Resume after Revised Order
Nearly one month after Federal Judge Marvin Shoob, of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, ruled that Georgia's garnishment law is unconstitutional, on Monday, October...
View ArticleInvalidation of Georgia Garnishment Statute – Now What?
On September 8, 2015, a federal district court invalidated a portion of the Georgia post-judgment garnishment statute in Strickland v. Alexander, No. 1:12-CV-02735-MHS (N.D. Ga.). Senior Judge Marvin...
View ArticleCompliance Rules for Out-of-State Garnishments
A frequent bone of contention for employees/debtors has to do with the implementation of out-of-state garnishments. The employee often threatens to sue the employer claiming that an out-of-state...
View ArticleNew Arizona Garnishment Legislation Signed Into Law
On March 22, 2019, Governor Doug Ducey signed Arizona House Bill (HB) 2230 into law. As described in detail in our recent article, HB 2230 allows judgment creditors to serve writs of garnishment by...
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