Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in California
garnishment
i already have my check garnished by child support can my check be garnished again for a 17 yr old student loan
Asked on 9/29/06, 2:44 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Mccoy
Law Office Of Robert McCoy
Re: garnishment
If at least 25% of your check is being taken out to pay child support, then your creditors cannot take anything out of your check, until you are done paying support. Even if your check was first garnished by the creditor, the child support would trump it. So, if you can not file bankruptcy because of the new laws, just have the other parent of your child get a child support order! Better to pay it to support your children than to a creditor, I suppose.
Answered on 9/29/06, 4:05 pm