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Setting up a Court Debit Collection/Creditor Garnishment - Summons

Entering a Court Debt Collection - Summons

  1. Navigate to Employee Management > Employee Summary
    1. Select the Employee
    2. Take note of the payroll frequency
  2. Navigate to Employee Management > Employee Pay > Garnishments

Garnishment Type

  1. Garnishment Type: Select Garnishment from the dropdown
  2. Leave start date blank – this begins the garnishment immediately
  3. Sequence number: 1 (always 1 or greater) Court summons or payment coupons are put in sequence by the limit. The lower the limit the lower the sequence
  4. Description: First initial last name - garnishment agency – last 4 digits of the case #

    1. (EX: G Dooley Cars Garn 1914-01)

  5. State: Pick the state where the garnishment originates.

Payee

  • Payee: Client Payee – this is usually located under the case number. Use dropdown. If the payee is not listed, use the instructions for adding a third-party payee after completing the rest of the steps. *** You will not be using the address of the payee. You will be using the name of the payee with the court address. Payee name and Court address. ***Check the address of the 3rd party payee very carefully. The court street address maybe the same as another address in the system but the floor could be different.
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  • Add the Case number. If there are more than 3 case numbers, put in the employee’s first initial last name and their SSN -masked except for the last 4 digits. (EX: H. Benedict XXX-XX-5879)

***If the case number wraps to more than half the second line in the case number box, it will not be recorded on the pay stub

Garnishment Calculation

  1. Percent: *this is usually shown on the document, if not, use 50% as rule of thumb
  2. Percentage of: Disposable Income

Per Pay Fee

  1. Enter the garnishment fee if the client is charging one (typically $5.00)

Minimum Take Home Pay

  1. Override Multiplier: 0
  2. Additional Amount: (hours per pay frequency) X (State Min Wage) = additional amount

Limits & Balances

  1. Enter the expiration date – You want to determine the pay date that occurs 7-10 days prior to the court date. The expiration date will be the period end date of that pay date. That date is chosen so that the court can receive the check and be able to update the garnishee’s balance prior to the court date
  2. Enter the limit – This will be the total balance due
Navigate to Employee Management > Human Resources > Employee Documents
    1. Add new under "Confidential Other" tab
    2. Document type: Child Support/Garnishment
    3. Change the description: First initial last name - garnishment agency – last 4 digits of the case # - date garnishment is entered into iSolved (Ex: A Hunt Cars Garn 1223 11/30/21)
    4. Read only access for all listed

Exceptions:

Amended Garnishment

  • Check the case number to be sure it matches the amended doc.
  • Expire the old garnishment
  • Set up new garnishment