There is an additional protection for low income people. There is no automatic protection for low-income workers. A few states have even lower wage garnishment limits. Ask your sherrif or marshall' s office for your state's garnishment rules. Debtor is already subject to another garnishment.
Debtor needs the money for basic support.
The debtor has the right to object to your garnishment on the ground that she needs the money for her own support or the support of a spouse or children. The debtor must makes this objection by filing a form with the court. Debtor is a federal employee or in the military. You can garnish the wages of most federal employees, including someone on active military duty, but the process may prove cumbersome. You must serve the federal agency for which the employee works with a form called an Application for Federal Employee Commercial Garnishment.