conversation: User (Ashattackn): "Background: Went to JC on financial aide for a few years about 4 years ago. Some crazy stuff happened and I ended up having to quit school. Flash forward to now I check my bank account this morning and see that 240$ of my check had been garnished by the Department of Education!!! I have recieved no notice or any requests to pay. But this is going to really hurt me financially if they continue to do this. What are my options?? This is CA btw"
  Self: "Did you ever pay back your loans? Your wages are being garnished to pay pack your student loans since you didn't do it voluntarily. Your options are pretty much zero at this point... I have a hard time believing you got no notice to pay, unless you just ignored all the communication you got. "
  User (Ashattackn): "I never took out any loans. I was given the federal financial aide pell grant and that was all. I worked through school.... But I never finished my last semester. I had to move like 2 months before semester was over. And i have recieved absolutely no notice about wage garnishment. "
  Self: "You should ask your employer about it then - they will have a record of who is trying to garnish your wages. Since it's not student loans, maybe it's the IRS? Did you file your taxes when you worked?"
  User (Ashattackn): "It is the department of education. And yes I did"
  fiberpunk (fiberpunk): "They should be able to give you a copy of the actual court order they received to set up the garnishment, which would have your case number on it. Once you have that, you can contact the garnishee and see about working something out. Odds are slim that they'll work with you at this point, but you can try. "
  