Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in New Jersey

social security disability income

can judgements be taken out of social security disability payments to me ? i was awarded permanent ss disabiltity. lawyers for the credit card companies have judgements against. can they take out of my ssd payments? thanks for your help


Asked on 5/30/08, 2:30 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Corbett Corbett Law Firm LLC

Re: social security disability income

Social Security benefit payments are exempt from levy but you must take care not to mix these payments with any other money in a bank account. The court will not sort things out for you. You can also help yourself by having the benefits deposited into a separate bank account with the title "SS Disability Benefits." That may discourage the sheriff from making a levy on the account and save your lawyer a trip to court.

See also: http://info.corbettlaw.net/lawguru.htm

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Answered on 5/30/08, 2:59 pm


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