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South Carolina Child Support Collections and Fees

To account for the costs and energy expended in enforcing a child support garnishment order for South Carolina child support collections, South Carolina allows the employer to deduct a small fee from the employee’s wages for each withholding made. When an employee (paying spouse) no longer works for the employer, the employer must report this to the agency in order to be discharged from the duty of enforcing the South Carolina wage garnishment order.

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Colorado Child Support Collections and Fees

Both the noncustodial parent and their employer are bound by an order for Colorado child support collection once it is served. Colorado wage garnishment law requires the employer to follow strict guidelines for withholding and remitting payment. When the employee stops working for the employer, the employer should immediately contact the Colorado Office of Child Support. Only by notifying the agency can the employer relieve itself of the responsibility of enforcing the child support garnishment order.

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Colorado Child Support Garnishment Limits, Exemptions and Protections

Colorado wage garnishment law protects the noncustodial parent from employer discrimination, and also protects their income from being completely depleted by child support garnishments. While collecting child support is taken very seriously in Colorado, any violations of the garnishment limits or discrimination against employees subject to wage garnishment can result in heavy punishment.

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Alabama Wage Garnishment: Alabama Child Support Garnishment

The process for recovering child support using wage garnishment in Alabama begins after an order for child support collection is served on the noncustodial parent’s employer. The employer must enforce child support garnishment until the date listed on the order, or until the agency notifies them that the order of child support is satisfied

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Alabama Child Support Collections and Fees

A noncustodial parent assigned an order for Alabama child support garnishment must be aware that any income they receive may be garnished for purposes of Alabama child support collections. In addition to garnishing the employee’s wages for child support collections, the Alabama employer may deduct a small fee to account for the costs of enforcing the wage garnishment order.

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Alabama Child Support Garnishment Limits, Exemptions and Protections

When withholding for child support garnishment in Alabama, an employer must follow the specific rules laid out by Alabama garnishment law. In accordance with garnishment limits, the employer cannot withhold over a certain percentage of the employee’s wages. Furthermore, while extra work is involved in enforcing an order for support, Alabama garnishment law prohibits discriminating against an employee on the basis of a support order.

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Will Contests

A will contest occurs when someone challenges a will and asks that it be thrown out as invalid. Although they are relatively rare, will contests do occur. They can only be brought by a person with standing – that means something to gain, such as inheriting a larger share of the deceased’s estate, or greater voice in managing the estate, if the will is found to be invalid and thus will not be admitted to probate.

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What Happens if a Person Dies Without a Will?

If someone dies without leaving a valid will, the person is said to have died intestate – that’s legalese for without a will – the property she held in her own name as his or her own separate property passes to the person or persons specified in the laws of the deceased’s state of residence, after any bills and taxes are taken care of.

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