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These agencies do not have to sue you first and get a judgment in order to garnish, but they must provide you with notice of the garnishment ahead of time. Since , all new or modified child support orders include an automatic wage withholding order, even for child support that is not delinquent.
The child support is withheld from your paycheck and your employer sends the money directly to the other parent.
If you are required to maintain health insurance coverage for your child, the payment for that will be deducted from your paycheck as well.
You can agree with the other parent to pay child support on your own, without resort to wage withholding. Taxing authorities have different limits for wage garnishment. The IRS bases the amount on how many dependents you have and your standard deduction amount. State taxing authorities have formulas, too.
The IRS will send you a notice before it begins to garnish your check, but it does not have to get a judgment first. States are free to offer more protection to debtors in wage garnishment actions than does the federal government; they cannot provide less. Many states follow the federal guidelines, but some protect more of a debtor's wages. To find the state wage garnishment rules in your state, visit the website of your state department of labor.
Or check out Nolo's State Wage Garnishment page; it has articles on wage garnishment laws in each of the 50 states. The head of household exemption is a state law that lets you protect more of your wages. It's available to judgment debtors who are the primary source of financial support for the family. Keep in mind that receiving the head of household exemption protection isn't automatic in most cases.
Payments from an employment-based disability plan are also earnings. Conversely, lump-sum payments that are unrelated to personal services rendered are not earnings under the CCPA. For employees who receive tips, the cash wages paid directly by the employer and the amount of any tip credit claimed by the employer under federal or state law are earnings for the purposes of the wage garnishment law. Tips received in excess of the tip credit amount or in excess of the wages paid directly by the employer if no tip credit is claimed or allowed are not earnings for purposes of the CCPA.
It also includes withholdings for employee retirement systems required by law. Deductions not required by law — such as those for voluntary wage assignments, union dues, health and life insurance, contributions to charitable causes, purchases of savings bonds, retirement plan contributions except those required by law and payments to employers for payroll advances or purchases of merchandise — usually may not be subtracted from gross earnings when calculating disposable earnings under the CCPA.
Title III sets the maximum amount that may be garnished in any workweek or pay period, regardless of the number of garnishment orders received by the employer. For ordinary garnishments i. When pay periods cover more than one week, multiples of the weekly restrictions must be used to calculate the maximum amounts that may be garnished.
The table and examples at the end of this fact sheet illustrate these amounts.
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