Wage attachment, also known as wage garnishment, is a court order by which the court attaches debtors' wages to help pay their creditors by directly transferring the wages to the creditors. Although a wage attachment order can be obtained for all kinds of debts, it is most commonly issued for debts related to child support, taxes, government fines that are unpaid and defaulted educational loans.
[Last updated in June of 2022 by the Wex Definitions Team]