Can an employer continue to garnish after the amount on the court order has been reached and it has expired?

Standard protocol is for an employer to continue to withhold until a release is issued from the garnishing agency. My suggestion is for you to contact the agency and request a release be issued to your employer. Many times they can fax a copy the same day or mail within a week. If your debt is truly fully settled, it should not be an issue to get a release letter.

I ask this question because the collection agency is saying that every check we sent them for the last four months I owe 75.00 on each one as a collection fee so in other words it will be a very long time before I would have them paid off.

Have you settled the debt or not?

The court order was for 1,078.00 and I have paid that. The original debt was for 400.00 but with atty fees and interest and collection fees it obviously went up.

If the debt is 100% settled, you should have no problem getting a release issued on the garnishment.