Garnishment

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Originally Posted by OVLG Attorney Yes they can. The court order allowing your creditor to garnish your account is linked to your personal information and if its discovered that you have closed an account in order to evade a court judgment you could be facing more court time and serious penalties.

what if the account still open but the funds are not available, they need another court order to garnish other accounts?

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Originally Posted by OVLG Attorney Yes they can. The court order allowing your creditor to garnish your account is linked to your personal information and if its discovered that you have closed an account in order to evade a court judgment you could be facing more court time and serious penalties.

I have to weigh in here and ask, can you give me any instances of this happening? In my state S.C. Garnishment is not allowed except for taxes/support so the only thing im worried about is bank levy. I fully intend if it comes down to that to move my money to a 'safe' place (if such exists). I really dont think what you put down above is correct OVLG so I would like to hear some details from you when you have time please backing this up.

The usual modus operandi I am aware of is

A- Judgement entered then either
B- They attempt to do their own asset search and levy with you none the wiser or
C- If this fails bring you in for debtors exam, force you to disclose bank acct info and then they levy.

It sounds to me like youre saying that once you get a judgement you are supposed to just lie down and take your medecine. I do not think this is the case except in terms of transferring title to material assets (cars etc) to someone else with the sole purpose of delaying etc etc, creditors.

I dont think bank accts are treated the same way but would love to be proven wrong (so I could come up with an alternate strategy)

Thanks in advance