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Conference quokka::non_custodial_parents

Title:Welcome to the Non-Custodial Parents Conference
Notice:Please read 1.* before writing anything
Moderator:MIASYS::HETRICK
Created:Sun Feb 25 1990
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:420
Total number of notes:4370

320.0. "Garnishment expense?" by QUOKKA::26356::VLS_TEMP1 (Dan D(ingeldein)) Thu Aug 11 1994 11:48

    Anyone notice an extra buck taken outta their paycheck above and beyond
    the court ordered amout to be garnished. This really gets my hair up!
    I gave noone any reason to beleive I could not voluntarily meet my
    support obligations. I had garnishment imposed on me. And now It seems
    I'm being held accountable for the "added administrative cost" to my
    employer for the imposed garnishment! I haven't been able to get an
    answer from payroll so I thought I'd see if anybody else could verify
    that my speculations are true!
    
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320.1True!QUOKKA::5950::DREYERMake new friends, but keep the old!Thu Aug 11 1994 12:186
	Yes, this is true.  I read in Steve's court order that his company
	could take no more than $1 per week out of his check to cover their
	admin. expenses.

	Laura    

320.2QUOKKA::26356::VLS_TEMP1Dan D(ingeldein)Thu Aug 11 1994 13:095
    Thanks Laura, Just one more example of abuse of NCP's. Next year it'll
    be $2... and the year after that... 
    
    It's not the money, it's how they go about getting it that pisses me
    off! 
320.3"IS THIS EVERYWHERE??"QUOKKA::27748::LCLARKThu Aug 11 1994 14:449
    
    First of all, where are you located?? And is this a across-the-board
    agenda.  Or is it only allowed in certain states.
    
    BTW, I live in MASSACHUSETTS
    
    CP - LESLIE
    
    
320.4is it a MUST?QUOKKA::7871::JPOIRIERFri Aug 12 1994 08:5321
    They're taking out the extra buck in Mass.  My husband received notice
    that this was going to happen to his check for the child support he
    pays.  The notice states:
    
>      The amount withheld and paid for your particular order will remain
>      the same.  The additional nominal fee is being withheld by Digital, for
>      the cost of administration, in accordance with State and Federal Law.
    
    He received this notice back in July, it came from Digital Payroll.
    
    I would much rather see the $52 per year going to the children then to
    Digital for "the cost of administration".  So, how does one go about
    getting the garnishment changed?  I'm assuming it's a court order that
    is necessary.   We're still looking into this, if I find any way around
    it I'll post it.
    
    Does anyone know the laws around garnishment?  Is it something that 
    MUST be done?  Back when my husband first got divorced, I don't think
    it was a mandatory thing, but it was a "recommended" solution and he
    agreed to it.  
    
320.5QUOKKA::3737::RAUHI survived the Cruel SpaFri Aug 12 1994 10:546
    Letss see... 52 weeks, at $1.00 per week. And how many NCP folks there
    in PRM? Sounds like the state is going to again make some money off the
    sweat of the working class. Too bad yha cannot go on strike like the
    baseball teams.... :)