Q: The credit-card people sent garnishment papers to my work, and within two days, they took money out of our checking account and left us with $13. My husband is talking to a lawyer about possibly - ...

Lucy Lazarony is an experienced personal finance journalist and writer who got her start in 1998 writing about financial topics. She writes accessible and easy-to-understand articles about credit, ...

Delinquent federal student loan borrowers are staring down the prospect of wage garnishment or involuntary collections — and it’s causing them to weigh reorienting their finances, even if it means ...