Hi, I’m Mike Greiner. I’m a bankruptcy attorney with The Financial Law Group here in Warren, Michigan. Our website is financiallawgroup.com and our phone number is (583) 693-2000. One question that’s come up sometimes, has been, what can we do about garnishments? Well, garnishments are actually a good opportunity for the debtor a lot of the time as you’re going through this process. The reason being, is, as soon as you file bankruptcy, from the minute you file bankruptcy, any garnishments will stop.

So that, so that doesn’t mean you need to wait for your case to be over. You don’t need to wait for the hearing to be over to stop the garnishments. They stop from the second that you file your case.  That’s the first thing. The second thing is, a lot of the time, we’re able to go back as much as 6 months. So if you’ve been having your wages garnished over 3 months, and they garnished a bunch of money from you, a lot of the time, we can go back to that creditor, and get those funds back for you. I’ve actually had clients who were able to pay the full amount of money that they owed for their legal fees, plus even gotten back some additional funds from bunds that had previously been garnished from their paychecks or from their bank accounts.

If you want to find out more about getting back funds that have been garnished from you, or about bankruptcy or any other issues, feel free to give my office a call. The number is (586) 693-2000. I offer free consultations and I’d be glad to meet with you personally.