Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Maryland
How much can creditor garnish from Maryland worker?
Does anyone know the limitations on
garnishing wages of a Virginia resident
working in Maryland for a Maryland
employer?
What is the formula for what can be
collected?
Specifically, does the debtor's court-
ordered obligation to pay child support
from out of the salary act as an exemption
reducing the amount of wages that can be
garnished? Similarly, the debtor maintains
a second residence in the state where the
child lives as an obligation necessary to
effect visitation rights. Can the debtor
claim his costs of a second residence as
any kind of exemption that can be claimed
because it is part of child custody?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: How much can creditor garnish from Maryland worker?
In Virginia I believe that there is a garnishment limit of 25% of the debtor's net salary. Net salary is what's left have all mandatory/required deductions.
The court-oredered child support would fall in the category of mandatory/required deductions.
The costs of maintaining a second residence for purposes of facilitating visitation would most certainly not qualify as some kind of additional exemption from garnishment.
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