Wage Garnishment and Bankruptcy
Wage Garnishment and Bankruptcy When people consider filing for bankruptcy, it is usually after their creditors start hounding them to repay outstanding debts. The debts might be too much for the individual to handle, and so the individual fails to make payments. This forces the creditor to seek legal action. One way that creditors try to recover outstanding debts is to obtain a wage garnishment order against the debtor. How Does Wage Garnishment Work? A wage garnishment is when your creditor obtains a wage garnishment order, sometimes also called a wage attachment or wage withholding, against you...