Money & Debt
Collecting from wages and bank accounts
After a judge signs an order determining that a person owes money, the creditor can try to collect the amount due. Learn what it means to be in a collection-proof status and how creditors can get repaid after a debt judgment is entered.
Understand how creditors access wages, bank accounts, and other types of property to collect a debt judgment.
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Find answers to common questions about wage assignments and how creditors can access income and assets.
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Learn what it means to be collection-proof, which income and assets are protected from private creditors, and how to notify creditors.
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Find answers to common questions about being collection-proof and how creditors can access income and assets.
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Describes why a debtor can go to jail for avoiding a judgment ordered against them to pay back the debt.
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A program to create forms to help you collect on a money judgment.
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A program to create forms to help you collect on a money judgment from a bank or an employer.
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Information for employers. Learn what you should do when an outside party, like a credit card company, garnishes your employee's salary and deducts their wages.
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Approaches to take when defending wage and non-wage garnishments.
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Understand the steps a creditor must take to garnish a debtor's paycheck.
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Information for attorneys about judgment liens on real estate and the post-judgment collection methods of creditors.
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A program to help you ask the court to access money in a frozen bank account. Use this if your income is protected by law (exempt) and someone is suing you for money.
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A program to help you create notices to stop a creditor from taking money out of your paycheck.
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Learn how to use a Citation to Discover Assets to reveal a debtor's financial status.
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Advanced content for lawyers. Describes how creditors can deduct from a consumer's wages when a judgment has been entered.
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Explains how to collect a judgment from a debtor by sending a citation to banks and other third parties.
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Describes using a Petition for a Rule to Show Cause to have the person who owes you money come in and tell why the payments are not being made. During the original court case, you were the plaintiff, and the person who owed you money was the defendant.
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Attorney resource for handling collection cases, including methods for enforcement of judgments. 2022 edition.
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Attorney resource on the representation of creditors in collection litigation. 2022 edition.
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Defines debtor rights and describes court procedures for responding to debt collection lawsuits. 2022 edition.
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