My ex-husband and I have been divorced for 1 year in July. My attorney said it was best to bifurcate the divorce decree portion from the financial aspect since it had been many years since we have been separated. So this July, after ex had drug out the financial part of it, and incurred much more fees and costs, he was found to be in contempt. He willfully did not sign the deed for the property over to me, nor did he pay me the $5600 of attorney's fees and court costs, which he was ordered by the court to do. So anyway in July '08, he never showed up in court for the contempt issue. Now, the prothonotary at the court house will convey the property to me by executing a new deed. Ex will still owe me the $5600, but I seriously doubt I will ever see a penny of that.
On another note, back in March/April '08, I applied for child support for my children. At the domestic relations conference, it was determined that my ex was unemployed (got fired in Sept '07 and hasn't worked since then) and also he hadn't filed his 2007 income taxes. Anyway, the court order required him to land a job, but in the meantime he was supposed to pay me about $325/month for his 2 children. Since that time, he hasn't paid me 1 cent for them either. So this past week, I went to court once again because he was in contempt for not complying with the child support order. And guess what??? He never showed up!! He currently owes me about $1300 and now has a bench warrant out for his arrest. I'm not holding my breath on this $ either.
I do not communicate at all with my ex even for the children's sake because he doesn't have visitation privileges. I am just so glad to be rid of him and am much better off financially without having to deal with another person who doesn't contribute anything to society or the personal finances of the household/children.
Legal Ramblings...
August 3rd, 2008 at 05:38 pm
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August 4th, 2008 at 03:30 pm 1217863848
I'm sure you are glad to get rid of him, but it really is a shame that he's getting away with not paying up and taking responsibilities. Especially sad is that he doesn't appear to care much about his own children.
August 4th, 2008 at 06:31 pm 1217874685
August 5th, 2008 at 11:46 am 1217936764
At the domestic relations conference, my ex stated that he would give me his portion of the marital property in exchange for me to never require him to pay child support!! Two completely unrelated issues!! I couldn't believe it. The truth of the matter is that he wasn't even granted any portion of the property. It was conveyed 100% to me.
August 17th, 2008 at 04:47 am 1218948467
Any mother or father that takes satisfaction out of depriving their children of their parent....that tells the true story.
Wake up males......do not marry in the U.S. until we have equal protection under the law.