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How much can I be garnished if I am sued

Date: Fri, 11/19/2010 - 08:03

Submitted by anonymous
on Fri, 11/19/2010 - 08:03

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If I am sued and a judgement is in the debtors favor and they pursue garnishing my patcheck. #What is the maximum amouont they can take each check? I cant afford to begarnished or I will lose my home as I am in a hardship bad at 47 years old due to a job loss after 24 years.


I apologize for my typos. I pressed reply before proof reading my question. So I have a wife, unemployed, and 3 children and I also have a house payment, insurances, home and car, She has no car so we have only 1 car at the moment. Plus all utilitie bills and other misc expenses liike now I am 1 year behind on property taxes but am in good standing and trying to pay each month. I have over 50,000 in debt and this is all a result of my job loss after 24 years as an Operations Manager. I never saw it coming. I had perfect creidt all my life, never late on anything. Then 2.25 years ago it happened. So I found a job with a small company who themselves were in a financial hardship. They offered me no benefits at all. I was injured on the job by chemical exposure head to toe and I slpped in it and fell on my shoulder and they would not let me see a doctor. I found out recently they had reported having no employees and did not carry Workers Comp Insurance. The last 2 years have been hell. I went from over 200K a year down to 16K a year and that was working 9+ hours a day and never any overtime was paid. So my main concern is this and I need help with the following;

I have equity in my home so Bankruptcy is a no way except a possible Chapter 13, I already met with a lawyer. I have 4 CC companies I owe. Discover, Amex, Chase, and another Chase, and also a 1500.00 doctor bill that I pay on each month, Property Taxes and a


lrhall41

Submitted by on Fri, 11/19/2010 - 10:36

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