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Pritzker extends garnishment and wage deduction limits

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* From the Association of Credit and Collection Professionals…

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has again extended Executive Order 2020-25, which includes limits on garnishments and wage deductions. It is now in effect until Sept. 19, 2020.

The extension is part of a new order that continues or reissues several existing regulations related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The garnishment and wage deduction order, which originally took effect April 14 and was extended into July, “suspends sections in the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure that permit the service of a garnishment summons, wage deduction summons, or a citation to discover assets on a consumer debtor or consumer garnishee. It shall not be construed to apply to domestic support obligations or relieving a debtor of any liability.”

The EO is here.

Thoughts?

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Aug 25, 20 @ 9:47 am

Comments

good news for Kash Jackson

Comment by iggy Tuesday, Aug 25, 20 @ 9:55 am
How about contact tracing?

The admonition “First, deal with the virus” does not only apply to Republicans.

Comment by Thomas Paine Tuesday, Aug 25, 20 @ 9:59 am
More crumbs. Call for the legislature to convene and pass a robust, permanent relief package.

Comment by Quibbler Tuesday, Aug 25, 20 @ 10:01 am
We are now in a new normal that will last through 2021. These types of orders (like the eviction moratorium too) which were intended to last a month or two cannot last forever or irreparable damage will occur.

Do we really want to live in a country where nobody needs to pay their debts, the goods they consume, or the services they use?

Comment by Just Me 2 Tuesday, Aug 25, 20 @ 10:13 am
We’re in the middle of a pandemic and an economic crisis. Our public response to it was not only to make unemployment available, but to enhance that unemployment with additional sums specifically due to this pandemic.

Debt collectors can still rely on their soft skills or conditional settlements to encourage folks to pay, but since we live in a society where debt is literally purchased for pennies on the dollar by third parties it’s not as if the majority of these liabilities weren’t already written off by the original grantors with those losses being supported by the government for allowing those subtractions from income.

This was a good EO when it was written and it remains a good EO for the foreseeable future.

Comment by Candy Dogood Tuesday, Aug 25, 20 @ 10:37 am
Will the Governor be participating in the Lost Wages Assistance program ?

Comment by Spicoli,J Tuesday, Aug 25, 20 @ 11:28 am
Granted: we’re in extraordinary times. BUT, is it only me: but are we moving more and more towards a State (and Nation) of fiat vs law? Yes, our Country has seen some of this in our history, but still . . . . . too much for too long?

Comment by Joe Tuesday, Aug 25, 20 @ 10:23 pm