I'm not going to give you any hope. I have a gf that does court reporting some for the State. She complains constantly about the incompetence of her dealings with them in getting paid and reimbursed.

I feel sorry for ya, dude. This would have devastated me! You want to do everything you can to keep any of the government out of your lives, whether it's DHR, state troopers, "treasury," etc... I had no idea the State could garnish your account though I knew the feds could.