A Legal question...

[They Adam Bradley]

Im sure this isnt the best place to ask, but everyone seems to know everything here so i figured why not. Long story short, i loaned some money to an ex about a year ago while we were together, she cheated on me, we broke up but she swore to pay me the money... She never did. We went to small claims and came to an aggreement on her paying me a set amount every month until the debt was paid. This was recorded in the clerks office at the courthouse, so she HAD to pay it.

Fast forward 2 months, and i havent rexcieved one payment. We go to court Monday and basically she tells the judge "well im going to school now, so i onyl work 15-20 hours a week, im raising a son, i dont get child support, blah blah blah" and i figured since we had a LEGAL DOCUMENT recorded in the clerks office, all I had to do was fill out a form to get her wages garnished since i hadnt received any money...

Judge told me basically "i can send the form to her employeer but it appears she doesnt make enough to garnish wages, have a good day"... so now im basically screwed, I have a legally binding document stating she HAS to make me payments, but if i can get her wages garnished, i have NO idea what to do........its very frustrating when the court system basically says "f*** you"

[They Adam Bradley]

and what i dont get it, we came to the agreement, while she was working parttime, while everything else was going on...There has to be something else I can do, if theres a document in the courthouse stating shes to pay me, and hasnt paid anything..something else if I cant get her wages garnished because she doesnt "make enough"....

[Vice honcho room temperature]

Don't trust what's said here 100 percent as we are not lawyers

[noleafclover1980]

Ok, first off...how much does she owe you?

[Baixo Astral]

Garnish her celery?!

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

www.ehow.com/about_6452754_indiana-wage-garnishment-law.html

According to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development's website, employers cannot fire employees who have wage garnishments. If an employee's wage is less than the 30 percent of the federal mandated minimum wage rate, than that person is exempt from garnishment by law. In addition, Indiana exempts heads of households from wage garnishments as long as the person makes no more than $500 a week.


Actual law here


www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title24/ar4.5/ch5.html



I'm not sure what your recourse would be at this point. You might just be out of luck. If you can't afford an attorney, try resources like this

www.indianajustice.org/Home/PublicWeb

[jagilki]

not helping, but a related story. A few years ago my Dad lent somebody 8,000 dollars to buy a car. He got paperwork notarized saying that the guy would make payments monthly of a certain amount (can't remember) and would pay him a little bit of interest (can't remember).

The guy never repaid. My Dad went to court, got the garnishment thing. Guy had his boss start paying him "under the table", and claimed he no longer worked for him.

10 years later or so, my Dad still hasn't been repaid.

[noleafclover1980]

Aug 5, 2011 10:43:05 GMT -5 jagilki said:

not helping, but a related story. A few years ago my Dad lent somebody 8,000 dollars to buy a car. He got paperwork notarized saying that the guy would make payments monthly of a certain amount (can't remember) and would pay him a little bit of interest (can't remember).

The guy never repaid. My Dad went to court, got the garnishment thing. Guy had his boss start paying him "under the table", and claimed he no longer worked for him.

10 years later or so, my Dad still hasn't been repaid.

Dick move on the bosses part there too.