What is the maximum percentage that can be withheld for child support?
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What is the maximum percentage that can be withheld for child support?
Title III also limits the amount of earnings that may be garnished pursuant to court orders for child support or alimony. The garnishment law allows up to 50% of a worker’s disposable earnings to be garnished for these purposes if the worker is supporting another spouse or child, or up to 60% if the worker is not.
What is the maximum garnishment allowed?
The maximum amount that can be garnished In Alberta, for instance, you keep the first $800 of your monthly net income, then creditors can garnish 50% of your monthly net income between $800 and $2400, and 100% of any net income above $2400.
How many garnishments can I have?
By federal law, in most cases only one creditor can lay claim to your wages at a single time. In essence, whichever creditor files for an order first gets to garnish your paycheck. Your other creditors must wait their turn unless the first creditor collects on less than the allowable percentage.
