Garnishing

Go figure....did you realize that if FRO is garnishing your wages EACH income source will get a garnish order for the same amount? So lets say you pay $500/mth in support and work 2 jobs. Each employer will get a letter saying deduct 50% of your pay up to a maximum $500. Therefore each month you will effectively be making 2 payments! Each employer is legally obligated to make this deduction. This will continue indefinetly until you get through to an agent (good luck) at the FRO, who then must confirm this is all true (since we are all considered deadbeats and support deduction orders are automatically rubber stamped by the courts). Once they confirm you have overpaid you will be granted a reprieve from payments. Of course this will only really take effect after your income source has been informed they should stop deducting payments. Until they receive this in writing they are still obligated to deduct payments.

On the flip side of the coin, the recipient awaiting payment will probably wait a minimum of 3 weeks before they get a cheque. This leads to another interesting situation. Where does all this collected money "sit" while awaiting distribution?