Federal law allows **up to 25 percent** of an employee's disposable wages to be garnished by a creditor that has received a judgment against the employee. An employer is sometimes permitted to charge its own fee to the employee or the creditor for ...

You can file for bankruptcy with your spouse after you have filed for divorce as long as the divorce has not become final.

At the end of a bankruptcy case, you will receive a bankruptcy discharge that relieves you of all financial obligations toward the debt. The discharge also applies to home mortgages.