Question: Dear Steve, I was illegally garnished by ECMC now out of Minnesota. They did not get a state court order or a United States court order which they would have had to do for a federal defaulted loan. My employer deducted more than $17,000. I was living in small-town North Dakota and it forced …
Question: Dear Steve, Went to a computer school in 1988, I got a 4600 student loan, which I didn’t pay but from 1991 until 2016 my income tax was taken, that stopped in 2016, Now I’ve received notice at my job that I owe 16,000 on my student loan. Soon after I finished the program …
Question: Dear Steve, I receive ss disability due to having brain tumors. They are benign. But I have had to full brain surgeries & one round of radiation & I still have the tumors. I read your article about stopping the garnishment on social security checks & how it should be done when you get …
Question: Dear Steve, I am an employer that has received a letter from Trellis Company instructing me to garnish wages for a student loan of an employee. It references federal law in giving them the authority to do this. However, there is no court order or anything else from a federal or state agency attached …
Question: Dear Steve, I am age 73 and disabled and also profoundly deaf. I can NOT understand people when they speak to me. I can NOT even use a phone. My social security disability payments have been garnished by the U.S. Dept of Education. I WAS receiving $920/month. I am NOW receiving $782/ month. I …
Question: Dear Steve, Student loans, two carriers and both in garnishment taking 25% of my check is killing me, but they will not allow me to consolidate. I read your article about student loan rehab. Mine are in garnishment, I have applied and been approved to consolidate with SOFI and one other but the two …
Question: Dear Steve, I, apparently like many, could not make the minimum payments required by the department of education, well apprently I can since they’re hitting me with two garnishments at the same time for a whopping 25% of my gross (combined not a piece). I was going to dispute the second one, but I …
Question: Dear Steve, I got behind on my student loans several years ago. My grandmother was a co-signer. She ended up paying my loans off in June of 2007. My credit report also shows this. However, the Dept. of Education is stating that I still owe this debt. They are now garnishing my wages for …
Question: Dear Steve, I have student loans and have entered a rehabilitation program. The company that I have entered into the rehabilitation program with has all my student loans. I have confirmed this with myeddebt. I have not missed a payment, in fact I have been early. Then all of the sudden my check was …
Question: Dear Steve, Massive. school student loan debt. they are all federal loans. I had rehab the loans three years ago. Then applied for forbearance in 2015 as I was between jobs. I am back to work, I received a noticed that my wages are being garnished. Not sure how but apparently the forbearance was …