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Can a NY Judgment Creditor Garnish PPP or Other CARES Act Funds?

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With both consumers and small businesses receiving funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and CARES Act, questions have come up as to whether these amounts can be frozen or garnished by debt collectors or creditors. Is garnishing PPP or CARES Act funds an option for satisfying outstanding monies owed to judgment creditors?

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Post-judgment collection tools: Attaching a debtor’s bank account

Collections Law

A bank attachment is a powerful post-judgment collection tool. Once a creditor has a judgment against a debtor, under Massachusetts law, they can ask the court to seize funds directly from a debtor’s bank account. How is a bank attachment different than garnishment? Fortunately, at Law Offices of Alan M.

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Arizona State Court Issues Show Cause Order: Will Review Constitutionality of Arizona Protection from Predatory Debt Collection Act

Troutman Sanders

The Act has been touted as a way to protect Arizonans with medical debt from bankruptcy and set new exemption limits on property subject to debt collection and decreased the portion of a judgment debtor’s income that is subject to garnishment. The plaintiffs, led by the Arizona Creditors Bar Association Inc.,

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If a Judgment Debtor Is a Beneficiary of an Estate, You Can Have the Distribution Sent to You Instead

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When the usual steps, such as levying the debtor’s bank account and garnishing the debtor’s wages, result in little success recovering monies owed, the judgment may seem uncollectible. However, if the debtor is a beneficiary of a deceased New Yorker’s estate, you may be able to enforce the judgment through estate distribution.

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Debt Collection of Medical Judgments in New York to Become Further Limited By S6522A

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Aside from judgments from family court, New York currently allows all judgment creditors the same opportunities to enforce their judgments. The remedies available differ based on whether the judgment is entered against a natural person, an individual, or a corporation. That is until now. Lien on Property.

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If a Judgment Debtor Is a Beneficiary of an Estate, You Can Have the Distribution Sent to You Instead

FFGN COLLECT NY

When the usual steps, such as levying the debtor’s bank account and garnishing the debtor’s wages, result in little success recovering monies owed , the judgment may seem uncollectible. However, if the debtor is a beneficiary of a deceased New Yorker’s estate, you may be able to enforce the judgment through estate distribution.

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Domesticating Your Foreign Judgments with Skilled Collections Attorney Alan M. Cohen

Collections Law

Under this act, we now have two different methods of domesticating your judgment in Massachusetts: domestication by registration or domestication through litigation. Our experienced judgment enforcement attorneys can prepare the applicable paperwork. Litigation.