Wage Garnishment
14 M.R.S. § 3127-B — an order to the employer only after missed installments or a missed hearing
A creditor with a judgment gets an order to withhold served on the debtor's employer only when the debtor missed 2 or more payments under a court installment order, or did not appear after being subpoenaed to a hearing.
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- Within 20 days of service, the employer answers and withholds the ordered installment or the most the law allows from disposable earnings, whichever is less.
- Disposable earnings are what is left after the deductions the law requires.
- Within 20 days of the employer's answer, either side may ask for a hearing on how much, if any, should be withheld.
Sources for this section (2)
- 14 M.R.S. § 3127-B — Order to employer or payor of earnings
- 14 M.R.S. § 3121 — Definitions
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