Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Illinois

Re: supplemental judgements

Under Illinois law, judgment debtors, such as yourself, owe judgment creditors interest at the rate of 9% per annum on the principal balance of the judgment. Also, the costs of collecting the judgment, by way of wage garnishment or otherwise, are your responsibility as the judgment debtor. Those costs include the costs the clerk of the court charged the judgment creditor to have the wage deduction summons issued, and the costs to have the sheriff, or other officer, deliver the summons to your employer. Also, if the agreement you made with the judgment debtor that gave rise to the litigation allows the judgment creditor to recover its attorneys fees, there is an argument that the attorneys fees incurred by the judgment creditor to collect the judgment, by way of wage deduction or otherwise, are your responsibility. To contest the additional charges, file a motion with the court that rendered the judgment against your or is presiding over the wage deduction proceedings.