If a creditor wants to garnish my wages, can he garnish my out-of-state wages?

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I am a MD resident and I work in DE. If a creditor wants to garnish my wages, can he garnish my wages out of the state I live in?

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I am a lawyer in CT and practice in this area of the law.  A creditor may garnish your wages if they get a judgment.  the wage garnishment however, may be required to be domesticated in the state of your employer before it is executed/carried out.  You cannot avoid the wage garnishment by having an employer in another state.  I suggest that you speak to the creditor's attorney and work out some kind of payment plan that is less than the garnishments or make a motion to modify the garnishment by showing you cannot afford other necessary bills.  as long as you make some good faith payment you may be able to get rid of the garnishment.

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