A collection of various cases on whether wage garnishment laws create an exemption in bankruptcy.
Some courts have held that state wage garnishment laws do not create an exemption in bankruptcy. Many courts have also found that the federal non-bankruptcy prohibition on for wage garnishment also does not create an exemption in bankruptcy. See, e.g. IN RE BLOOMSTEIN, Case No. 09-11241-JNF., Bankr. Court, D. Massachusetts 2010("15 U.S.C. § 1673 restrains the seizure of wages but does not establish an exemption applicable to bankruptcy cases"); Smith v. Frazier, 421 B.R. 513 (S.D. Ill. 2009); In re Riendeau, 293 B.R. 832 (D. Vt. 2002), aff'd, 336 F.3d 78 (2d Cir. 2003).