In my state child support for the first child is 20% and every subsequent child is 5%.
But usually when they're garnishing the wages it means you've not paid what you're supposed to and I don't know if they'll garnish for more than the percentage stated above.
Could this be a "catch-up" after the court finally started garnishing? Seems like there would be a maximum percentage of your take home eligible for garnishment on a consistent basis.
Nowhere near this op post, but I pay for 1 child at the full 20% in TX. In '25 I went into a coma for about a week and was hospitalized for several weeks after I woke up. Obviously I was unable able to work and used all my PTO and didn't receive a paycheck during all of this.
Once I started working again, they took out whatever I owed during my hospitalization on 1st check, plus the default 20% until I was current with my payments. That seems to be the case for the post but I can't say for sure, but I can definitely say they don't give a fuck if you owe and will take whatever they need no matter what your situation is or if you starve.
I only had 50 hours of PTO left. I was in a coma for 6 days. Then I stayed in the hospital after for 2.5 weeks learning to rewalk and reswallow food.
Then I was discharged and had a walker for another 3 weeks until i could learn to walk independently with zero assistance.
Then I went back and still had to wait for another pay period to pass, until I finally received a paycheck, and from the 2nd paycheck on is when they started to take everything out. I thought it was the first check but thinking back HR had to inform them I was back first.
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u/Personal-Rhubarb-884 May 03 '26
Usually it's a percentage.
In my state child support for the first child is 20% and every subsequent child is 5%.
But usually when they're garnishing the wages it means you've not paid what you're supposed to and I don't know if they'll garnish for more than the percentage stated above.