Garnishment of bank accounts in Georgia
My son has found out tonight by looking online that his bank account has a garnishment on it...he was not notified by anyone and does not have a clue what it is for ... can he close the account now that there is a garnishment? His payroll check will auto deposited on Friday night and he cannot pay his rent or other living expenses if this check is somehow lost...he lives paycheck to paycheck...he only had 89.00 in the bank and was checking his account to make certain it balanced tonight when the negative 1700.00 balance appeared. At first he thought it was some crazy mistake since you can't take 1700 from 89.00...but when he called the 24 hour number they told him their was a garnishment from an institution for this amount on his account and they could not tell him anything more...please help me if you can...he has a good job, but not a lot of money...nothing showed on his credit report when he opened this account with the exception of an old bill for 300.00 which he paid in order to open his account...what can he do at this point in time? Thanks so much for your advice...[/b]