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Court Judgments & Wage Garnishing: What is Exempt?

by Gregory Mark Fitzgerald on Nov. 27, 2018

Bankruptcy & Debt Credit & Debt Bankruptcy & Debt  Collection Bankruptcy & Debt  Bankruptcy 

Summary: If your wages are about to be garnished, you and your employer must both be notified. But what about other forms of income?

"In many cases, collections lawsuits are not responded to, and they result in unfortunate court judgments that most likely could have been avoided with the help of a skilled attorney. Often granted automatically, default judgments arm the creditor with much greater power to take collections activity against you to satisfy the debt owed."

Read the entire article on the official Fitzgerald & Campbell, APLC blog.

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