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  • Dec 20, 2012, 12:11 AM
    lizzy2
    Does a garnishment court order expire?
    I am currently facing a garnishment of an Unpaid one semester tuition which now accrued a lot of interest. It has caused me to lose my job due to frequent call ins, lost my payment car,and I am unable to keep up with bills. Now I'm not working and I have no property. If I remain unemployed and don't have any property, how long are they going to keep the judgement against me? I mean, do they have to renew the garnishment judgement against me at some point? I live in Kansas.
  • Dec 20, 2012, 02:36 AM
    Fr_Chuck
    It runs either 7 or 10 years, forget for that state, but it is renewed the first time almost always just automatically, so expect it to be good for 14 to 20 years at least.
  • Dec 20, 2012, 03:44 AM
    ScottGem
    Lets get the facts straight here. A garnishment is a court order attaching a portion of your salary or some other asset. If the school started garnishing your wages, then your employer cannot terminate you over that.

    Either the school had to obtain a judgment against you or, if you took a student loan, the terms of the loan might permit them to get a garnishment without a judgment. If there was no judgment, then the debt never expires.

    While you were working they apparently dunned you for the money. Did you try to work out a settlement with them?
  • Dec 20, 2012, 03:46 AM
    joypulv
    Frequent calls to work? I think you can sue them for that.
  • Dec 20, 2012, 12:03 PM
    lizzy2
    @ScottGem, work did not terminate me because of the garnishment but because I couldn't make it to work on time due to always looking for money to pay day care and sometimes looking for someone to babysit my kids at the last minute of work. @Joypulv I was the one making the call-ins because I had no money to pay my babysitter and she wouldn't sit my kids. @ScottGem, they never ask me for a settlement. They won the case because of a late letter requesting an answer that the lawyers sent to me and I couldn't respond. The judge did not listening to any hearing and favored the school.
    I heard that some states will not allow them take my income since its not a student loan. Is that true?
  • Dec 20, 2012, 01:49 PM
    ScottGem
    No, If you legally incurred the debt, and apparently you did, then they can get a judgment.You should NEVER skip or not respond to a court hearing. That allows them to get a default judgment.

    So now they have gotten the judgement, as Chuck said it can last 14-20 years.

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