In Re Radzilowsky

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CAROL A. DOYLE, Bankruptcy Judge.

The chapter 7 trustee seeks turnover of payments that the debtor, an attorney, received post-petition for work he performed for clients pre-petition. The debt- or claims that this money is exempt under the Illinois Wage Deduction Act. As discussed below, however, this statute does not create an exemption for unpaid wages. It merely places a limit on the amount of unpaid wages that may be paid directly to a creditor through a wage deduction order. The funds received by the debtor post-petition for pre-petition work are non-exempt property of…