[united we stand]

Hi, I have a child support order that is current and being paid weekly through my job. The payments are made on time. I had a stint of unemployment that lasted approximately two months. I did not have enough weeks of employment to qualify for compensation,so I really hit the job market to find work. Once I found work I informed the child support agency of my new employer and made the proper arrangements to have the court order in place. Everything was fine until today when I was informed that my bank account would be frozen. My question is can having a joint account avoid this kind of action in the future.

[stinawords]

No. If your name is on the account it doesn't matter if there are thirteen other account holders they can still put a lien on it. The only way to prevent this in the future is to stay current with your support.

[JudyKayTee]

Anything held jointly is all yours and also all the other person's - so the entire account can be liened for a debt of either one of you.

[shannonmazur]

My husband and I have a joint bank account we had a little over 18,000.00 in it the state of Illinois put a lien on it and took all but 440.00 I was on public assistance YEARS ago my 17 son isn't even on the order that's how old the order is... My husband was told he owed over 50,000.00 in support I wrote a letter to springfield and they wrote off most of the debt my question is.. Can they just take all of our money without giving us a chance to answer this lien my husband was being garnished and they were sending the money right back to him saying it was an overpayment for over 2 yrs now. Since we've received paperwork from C>A>R>U> with dates covered in white out just a little suspicious we need some advice and since they took all of our funds we are kindof in a bind I may hafto go back to welfare!! Please help if you can shannon mazur ty
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[GV70]

You have to file a wrongful levy action.