What Is Wage Garnishment? Wage garnishment is when money gets deducted from your paycheck or salary because of an unpaid debt. It’s sometimes also referred to as levies, wage assignments or earnings withholding orders. Why Are My Wages Getting Garnished? The process begins when a creditor files a lawsuit against a debtor, usually in general sessions court. They inform the defendant (the person in debt), and then have a hearing. Most of the time the defendant ignores the process and does not attend the hearing. When that happens, the court typically orders a judgement to have the debtor’s wages garnished. Need to stop wage garnishment immediately? We offer ZERO DOWN TO FILE! Call 901-327-2100 to see if you qualify. The debtor has
How does a wage garnishment in Tennessee work? How can you stop it? I’ll answer these questions in this video. Need to stop wage garnishment immediately? We offer ZERO DOWN TO FILE! Call 901-327-2100 to see if you qualify. httpv://youtu.be/FXYSnlZ674c If the video above does’t work, click here Video Transcript Hello, this is Darrell Castle. I’m an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Tennessee and today on this video I’m talking about wage garnishment in Tennessee. Wage garnishment is a process where by a person that you owe money to, the creditor, can attach your wages, your paycheck, a portion of it anyway – up to 25% of what you earn – by court process. In other words, he
A couple of weeks ago I released a new free report called “What Does the Bible Say About Debt?” It came from years of study and a lot of hard conversations with clients. The response has been amazing. I knew a lot of people have this question, because they’d asked me about it; but I had no idea so many people had wondered and never asked. Soon after publishing the report, I got this email from a former client: “You are, undoubtedly, one of the most special lawyers I’ve ever met. Your compassion feels so genuine and your ability to connect with all kinds of people in various states of vulnerability surpasses anyone in your profession that I’ve seen, heard
Medical malpractice can happen to anyone By: Darrell Castle Selfies are getting out of control. According to Fox News, Joan Rivers’ personal doctor snapped a selfie while the famous comedian was under anesthesia. This took place right before the selfie-taking doctor was going to perform an unauthorized biopsy that allegedly led to Rivers’ fatal cardiac arrest. A staff member reported the doctor’s behavior to investigators. There are a few questionable things here in this situation: 1. Why was the doctor performing an unauthorized surgery? What gave him the right? According to CNN, Rivers was at the clinic for an endoscopy performed by Dr. Lawrence Cohen. Once Cohen finished working on Rivers, the unidentified personal physician performed this unauthorized biopsy. Why?
By: Darrell Castle Video Transcript Hello I’m Darrell Castle and I’m an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Tennessee, and on this video today, I’m going to be talking to you about the subject of cerebral palsy. It’s not a very good subject. It’s a problem, a condition that’s usually associated with birth, or with the birth process. And it is a brain disorder associated with birth. But I’ve got a feeling that if you have a child with cerebral palsy, then you know a lot more about it than I know. So I’m not going to sit here and try to tell you what it is. Now, I will tell you something that you might not
New Years Eve tends to result in an increase in drinking and driving. Don’t drink and drive and if you find yourself, or a loved one, injured by a drunk driver, seek legal help. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X2Tr13s_gU If video above does not work, click here Video Transcript Hello, this is Darrell Castle. I’m an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Tennessee and today is December 31, 2013. It’s New Years Eve in other words and I’m making this video because I’m very concerned about people who might be driving tonight on New Years Eve, especially young people. Your children perhaps, or your grandchildren, teenagers, young people who may be out, having a good time, enjoying themselves,
You may have a loved one with chronic medical conditions that requires a lot of dependancy. Perhaps it requires a full-time caretaker. Regardless of whether the caretaker is a family member or a true professional, the job can be stressful. It takes a special person with compassion, patience and strength to do the job. And when the stress and frustration builds up, the wrong person may take things too far and turn to abuse as his or her coping mechanism. Each caregiver relationship is unique, but here are some general suggestions to prevent this abuse from happening. Observe Whether your family member or a professional has the duty of taking care of your loved one, always check in. There should
Debt Can Affect People of All Income Levels It doesn’t matter how much money you make, you can still struggle with debt. Almost all of us have had experiences where we spent unwisely or realized after the fact that we could’ve budgeted our money better. In fact, money can serve as an even greater temptation and risk when you have a lot of it. Sometimes at that level, people make unwise investments without thinking. And if you come into fame and success young, it’s an even bigger trap: some people make so much money early in their lives that they never learn to budget well. This is all to say there’s no shame in struggling with your finances, especially when
Every Tuesday we want to inform you of a new scam alert to avoid. This week involves a popular social media site – Pinterest. Big time social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have been grounds for scammers to exploit, and now Pinterest, another site growing in popularity, especially among females, is becoming a common scammer ground as well. It all starts with an email from Pinterest. The email claims that your friend has shared a “pin” with you – the term the site uses for a digital scrapbook image. Since the email and link seem real, you will probably click on it. Common scam pins are ones with celebrities and beauty photos, giveaway offers, infographics and before and
Every Tuesday, we want to inform you of a new scam alert to avoid. This week involves emails. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) contacted several different funeral homes which confirmed they sometimes send out funeral notifications via email. Scammers seem to have taken notice of this and are using it to gain your personal information. Be wary if you receive an email with the subject line “funeral notification,” even if it’s from a funeral home in your area, or appears to be at least. The email may even have the funeral home’s name, colors and logos, but it could be anyone. Why is this dangerous? The email will instruct you to click on a link to view the invitation to “celebrate your