What Form 843 Garnishment 2011-2023

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Special issues in debt la Canne debt collectors garnish social security brought to you by your legally calm your advantage if you're being sued by debt collectors if you are an elderly or disabled American or are receiving Social Security for any other reason you may fear that that collectors could seize or garnish your income from Social Security most of the elderly are disabled need that money pretty badly so can they do it can debt collectors reach for Social Security payments the short answer as to whether debt collectors can garnish those such as security as no they cannot section 207 of the Social Security Act provides that none of the money is paid or payable shall be subject to execution levy gun attacks when garnishment or other legal process in plain English that means that the debt collectors can't use wall central garnishments to take away Social Security monies at a minimum that means the debt collector can't go to the government as they would be with an employer and take the money before you ever see it mind you we're talking about after getting a judgment no collection occurs without a judgment we're talking about what happens after a lawsuit that you lose and we'll come back to that later however as with so many things in the law the simple answer is often it is only the beginning of the question you need to know more before you can really relax you the real life practical answer is a little more complicated for the real I think so let's consider the way money is seized or garnished as we said about it starts with a lawsuit integer nothing happens without that in 99.99% of the cases the exceptions really not worth considering here doctor getting...