Wage Assignment

Question: How do you change your wage assignment to a different job? say they take money out of your check for child support from what if read about it, its called wage assignment. Does anyone know if and where you can change it to a different job. I really need some help so if anyone knows about this can you help???? My email is [email protected]

Answer: The child support division of the District Attorney's office handles wage assignments. You would need to see them and request this change. The office in my area accepts walk-ins. This doesn't guarantee that they'd do this for you, however. It seems to me that if you work two jobs, it doesn't matter which paycheck is garnished.

Question: Revoke of Wage Assignment Notice is being ignored? I sent AmeriCash Revoke of Wage Assignment Notice on September 14, 2004 via US Postal Service. I have the tracking number and everything from USPS. By law I have the right to cancel my wage assignment at any time and i exercised my right. Now they are acting like they never received my revoke notice. At this point what can I do? Sorry about the typo, September 14, 2009. Yes, it was sent certify mail

Answer: Send them another one certified mail

Question: Can a payday loan company enforce a voluntary wage assignment after I notified them that I have revoked it?

Answer: If you have defaulted on a payday loan, they will sue you, garnish your wages, and or bank account if they succeed in getting a judgement against you.

Question: Can a SS wage assignment be collected from SS Disability? I have a Spousal Support wage assignment order for $2000 /month in place in Fresno County, California. (No CS attached, 32 year marriage, I am partially disabled, but working and struggling) My ex owes me $30,000 in back support and is not currently paying any support. He set a Court date for 11/27/2006 to reduce Support to $0. He is self-employed. He has some income and assets. He recently started collecting Social Security Disability. Can it be garnisheed with my order? What is the procedure? Thanks for any help!!!

Answer: Money from Social security cannot be garnished if that is the only source of income the person has.If you can prove he has other income,you may be able to garnish that.How is able to be self employed and still get disability?Sounds like he is hiding something from SS.As far as his disability,he will get no where near $2000.00 a month.

Question: what is wage assignment? I facing ferocious collectors due to excessive pay day loan debt. One mentioned "wage assignment" he said it was not wage garnishment, but wouldn't tell me the difference. hELP!

Answer: I believe that is to determine how much you make so they will know how much they can garnish if they should take you to court. Your creditors will look at everything before taking you to court to see if it's worth it and if they will get there money back.

Question: What occurs in a wage assignment? ? My aunt has just received a notice of intent to assign wages. Her husband was the one paying off the debt, but he recently ended up in jail. Now my aunt hasn't been paying the debt because she can't afford it alone. She is on the WIC program to provide her daughter with food and so be able to pay her bills. Is there anything she can do to prevent her wages from being assigned? If not, what would happen if they were assigned, is there a certain percentage of her wages that are assigned? What should she do? Any advice and information is welcome. She lives in Illinois.

Answer: Some debts are such that they can come after a spouse if the other cannot pay. If they incurred this debt after they were married, SHE is in all likelihood on the hook for that debt. The only thing she may be able to adjust is the amount. Tell her NOT to blow off any hearing, and lay all her cards on the table. The courts will work with her...

Question: whats the difference between wage garnishment and wage assignment?

Answer: A wage garnishment is money taken out of your account that has been directed by a court or other legal proceedings. A wage assignment is a voluntary sending your money to a specific destination that the worker chose. For example...court ordered child support would be a garnishment, but $50 a week to series E savings bonds would be an assignment.

Question: Does anyone have any knowledge about voluntary wage assignments with child support? I'm researching the pros's and con's of a "voluntary wage assignment" when it comes to child support. I'm not sure I quite understand if someone is ordered to pay child support and they sign up for a voluntary wage assignment, only to be revoked at any time by the person who put in for the wage assignment. What is the motive?

Answer: Pros---you pay your child support on time without any late fees--you dont have to worry about writing a check and its all done without having to face the other parent. Cons--if your and independant contractor your pay may change and may not be on a regular schedule--may forget to pay or just feel like not paying. This can add up with penalties. Some employers give you a limit on wage garnishments.So if you owe Child suport and taxes to the government that could be 2 strikes---you should speak to human resources and find out if its frowned upon. when someone is ordered to pay child support its up to them to pay it. The District attorney is a resource to aid in getting child support. Depends on the state laws.

Question: stop child support wage assignment? May 30 2006, My daughter turned 19 this month and graduated from high school. I contacted DHS and told them, but they said it was up to my ex-wifes attorney to stop the wage assignment. Is this true? Is there nothing I can do on my own? And is she responsible for paying her attorney to stop the wage assignment?

Answer: Could they still use the money? What's the problem. They've probably been broke for years, and now you want them in worse shape? You are still a father aren't you?

Question: What is a wage assignment?

Answer: a voluntary transfer of earned wages to a third party to pay debts, buy savings bonds, pay union dues, or contribute to a pension fund.

Question: What is the minimum wage for Wisconsin I need to know for an assignment? please any1 know???

Answer: $6.50

Question: HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE A WAGE ASSIGMENT TO "KICK IN"? My ex hasn’t paid for over a month. I found out last week were he is working. I called Child Support Enforcement and told them. They said they would issue a wage assignment. I was just wondering how long it would take to receive the first payment?

Answer: It depends on how fast child support contacts the employer with the court ordered support paperwork and how fast his jobs human resources responds to that order. Usually a month or so if they get on it right away, I would keep calling child support to see if the order was actually sent to his job....

Question: how does wage garnishment works? I owe a payday loan company, I paid most of it back but I fell into money hardship and tried to make other arrangements with them for lower payments, they emailed my job a wage assignment form, I thought that they had to take me to court first, but this form isn't a court order. how do I investigate this.

Answer: Contact the court clerk in your area and ask if there is anything filed in your name. If you find that there is a judgment then go to the court clerk and get a copy of the recorded judgment. Look over the service papers to see how it was they claimed you were served. If you find they had "sewer served" you then take a copy of that judgment and speak to a lawyer about having the judgment vacated for improper service. If there is no judgment then file a complaint with your Attorney General, the BBB, etc., and include the copy of that wage assignment email in with your complaint.

Question: What if there were a rule that the government would guaranteed a minimum wage job for all unemployed? What I mean is, that you would be able to sign up at a place and then you'd be given an assignment, like cleaning up the Downtown streets or wiping the stop signs clean or washing the sidewalks. In other words, the government would pay every single person that walked thorugh this office, the minimum wage and then made the person do something that needs to be done for that money. Or it could be a private company, too I guess... I don't how a private company woul dmake money though.

Answer: i do not support this BS. Find a job at your own merit. Let the system work the way it is.

Question: Can an ex attach personal property for child support if the man is incarcerated? In the state of Tennessee, can real property be attached and sold to apply towards arrears in child support if the father is in prison? There is a wage assignment set upon the fathers release and employment

Answer: Yes, and I will give you an example. A man dated a woman in college, when one day she suddenly quits school, moves back home, and never talks to him again. Fifteen years later, he's married, has four children. a good income, a five bedroom house, and an overall good life. On day, while cashing a check, he learns his accounts have been frozen. Later that day, he gets served with paternity papers saying he has a child by the woman he dated in college and owes $85,000 in retroactive child support. After losing his appeals, they take everything he has of value, including the family home and his retirement fund. Plus, 55% of his gross income is attached. He has to move his family into a two bedroom apartment, with his wife getting a job to help pay the rent.

Question: Would a court order different employment? My ex works as a bartender/waiter. He is currently about $20,000 behind in child support, medical/dental bills etc. Because he is paid mostly in tips and there isn't enough in his paycheck to cover his obligation, a wage assignment can't be placed into effect. Would a court ever order that he get a job where the state can attach his wages?

Answer: If he gets paid in tips then he is suppose to report it and use that/last tax year income as the base salary. There is no such thing as non wage assignment occupations for child support. You need to get a lawyer who will uncover his salary, bank accounts, non cash transactions, leases, real estate property, cars etc. and get the wage assignment or make him pay out of pocket. Point is if he had his own business, you can't make him get a job instead. You want to sue him and not get him certain jobs deemed easier for legal collections.

Question: How can temporary agencies drop your pay to minimum wage if you do not give notice? I understand it makes them look bad, but how is it even legal or fair to drop an employee's pay for not completing an assignment?

Answer: Huh? If I understand your question correctly. You were given an assignment lets say at $10.00 an hour. Then you didn't complete the assignment for whatever reason and they say you are only going to receive $7.00 an hour. No. They cannot do that and IT IS NOT legal. There have been a number of cases such as your situation. You need to contact the Better Business Bureau, Consumer Affairs, and of course your state Department of labor at 1-866-4US-WAGE.

Question: Demand is hereby made upon an assignment of salary, executed by Tom and delivered to Amy.? Does this sentence mean that the Demand is executed by Tom or that the Assignment is executed by Tom. Whose wages are going to have deductions withheld?

Answer: Tom, as he who is executing the demand, will be receiving the money. Amy, to whom the demand is delivered, will perform, or cause performance on, the demand.*** (see below at the ***) It is not specified from whose salary the assignment will come. The role Tom plays in the sentence is due mainly to the sentence's poor construction. It is nearly ambivalent but falls just to the side of Tom executing the demand, not executing the assignment. That fall is assisted greatly by "executed" being a very active verb and being more suited to "demand" than to "assignment." If there had been a comma following "Tom" though, it would not be ambivalent, but rather would definitively link "Tom" to the assignment. ***My wording above concerning Amy just brings her role to the real world in which she as the actor, or point of contact, for the provider of the salary would be under no requirement at all to perform the assignment. Except under a court order, or a contractural agreement to honor proper looking assignments, no employer is required to perform them. The wording was not meant to in any way suggest some other role than actor upon the demand.

Question: Payday loan wage garnish legal issue? I live in Illinois and took out a payday loan. I signed a voluntary wage assignment. I revoked a wage assignment last month (In Illinois, we can cancel it at anytime). Last week they sent me a letter that they will garnish my wage unless i pay up or send them a revoke letter. This pissed me off because i already sent them one. I sent them another one right away and all attached the notice of defense (certified mail). Today I got a letter from them stating that if i don't pay up they will tell my employer to garnish my wage. I talk to my employer and they said that if they it, the payroll office must comply and that I will have to take the payday loan company to court if i want the money back. Can I sue the payday loan company if they ignore my revoke letter and still proceed with garnish my wage? I'm going through bankruptcy right now and they are fully aware of them but they are trying to break the law to get their money back.

Answer: A company cannot simply garnish your wages. Garnishment requires that they sue you, win, get a judgment, and then get a court to order a garnishment. If you are currently in bankruptcy (I assume that you did include the loan in your bankruptcy?) then they will not get that. If you signed a voluntary wage assignment but have since entered bankruptcy then that too is invalid - you MAY NOT pay any creditor preferentially without the approval of the bankruptcy court. I would advise you to have your bankruptcy lawyer write a letter to your employer. It is even possible that THEY could find themselves liable if they wrongfully honor the garnishment request. Richard

Question: What was the average hourly wage someone made in the 1930's? I need to know for newspaper seller at new york city for an assignment please help me!

Answer: The first "Minimum Wage" was established in 1938 at $0.25 an hour. Not sure what "Average hourly wages" were however I know my Grandfather was making 40 cents an hour at his job in 1931 and worked 60 hours a week; from his diary he seemed to think that was pretty decent wages. He was working in a market in Louisville Kentucky at the time and selling bibles door to door on his days off. ((i double checked his diary and found my memory was way off. he said "40 cents" an hour; not 10 as I originally wrote))