If a wage garnishment is created against me, can income earned while in a foreign country be taken?
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If a wage garnishment is created against me, can income earned while in a foreign country be taken?
Asked on December 10, 2011 under Bankruptcy Law, North Carolina
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SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Theoretically, your income from a foreign country could be garnished, but to do so, the courts of the other nation would have to enforce the U.S. judgment--which many, but not all, will. Also, garnishment would have to be a tool or mechanism for enforcement of a judgment or debt in that other nation, since the courts of another counrty may only use procedures allowed under their own law. So the answer is, depending on the country, it *may* be possible to enforce a garnishment against you.
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