noura1
Feb 3, 2010, 10:34 AM
Resident of Texas retired since 2 years. Can credit card garnish my IRA.
ebaines
Feb 3, 2010, 11:24 AM
If you have declared bankruptcy, then your IRA is protected by federal law up to $1M (or more, if it's a rollover IRA from a qualified retirement plan).
If you have not declared bankruptcy then state law applies. Here's a site that suggests that in TX IRA accounts are protected: Bankruptcy Exemptions (http://www.dallas-bankruptcy.com/bankruptcy_exemptions.htm) However, I suspect that any distributions you take from your IRA would be fair game for creditors.