Wage garnishments continue after debt is confirmed paid in full
Employees report that creditors (including AAFES/Military Star) continue enforcing wage garnishment orders even after confirming the underlying debt was paid off, resulting in unauthorized additional withholding from paychecks. Resolving the overcollection requires manual disputes since garnishment-stop processes aren't triggered automatically on payoff.
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