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dbaustin73
Mar 8, 2008, 04:18 PM
I have just been notified that my wages are fixing to be garnished 25%of my check for a medical bill. Under Florida statue 222.11 my wages are exempt from being garnished. We use a leasing company to handle our payroll. How do I go about making sure the payroll company does not deduct any money from me?

Fr_Chuck
Mar 8, 2008, 05:04 PM
Not up on 222.11, for what reason is your wages exempt ?

If you know of the court garnishment, you may have to produce this evidence to the court, A place of business has little ability to ignore a court order once it is served to them,

dbaustin73
Mar 8, 2008, 06:30 PM
From my understanding the statue states that the head of household income is exempt from being garnished.

dbaustin73
Mar 8, 2008, 06:32 PM
The federal limit on wage garnishing is 25%. Does this leave it up to the business what % to garnish out of the employees' wages?

ScottGem
Mar 8, 2008, 07:26 PM
First who notified you? Second, have you contacted your payroll department to inform them of your exempt status?

Fr_Chuck
Mar 8, 2008, 07:31 PM
You are correct in Florida the Federal exemptions do apply

Federal Restrictions on Wage Garnishments (http://www.bcsalliance.com/ccpa_15usc1673.html)

And if you are head of household you can get up to a 100 pecent exemptions. You would need to inform ( I would do it in writing) that you are expecting a garnishment and you are exempt under that provision.
Now this is the issue, I am not sure they can just ignore the court order, so you may have to file to have it dismissed in court under that rule.