No CS since divorce final, HELP!

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Registered: 03-21-2005
No CS since divorce final, HELP!
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Wed, 01-11-2006 - 8:19pm
I so don't know what to do... I went to file contempt of court charges against XH today for his failure to pay a single penny since the divorce was final nearly 2 months ago and came home to find that he'd filed a petition to revise the amount he has to pay due to his claim that he is injured (from a car accident 17 months ago), unable to work, and is currently earning NO income! What are the chances that he will succeed? He became unable to work just a week after the divorce was final! He got 2 paychecks since then but since the wage withholding order hadn't taken effect yet I didn't see a penny. He paid $500 on a credit card last month but didn't care if his kids ate (we have 3). He didn't take them overnight all of last month (too busy romancing new girlfriend) but now has resumed and takes the girls out on weekends to the zoo, to the playland, to dinner... but he is broke? He smokes 2 packs and drinks 2 venti americanos from Starbucks a day! That is $13 a day right there, not including the money he spends on the girl and her kid. By the way, he told me in July that he would do this. "You'll see, I'm going to watch you crumble. I want to see you lose everything." I asked him if that was at the expense of having to see his kids leave the only home they've ever known, and he said yes. I am afraid he is going to win in court. I am so powerless, so helpless. I would be okay if it was just me, but I can't stand to see the kids suffer. I truly wish he was dead.
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Fri, 01-13-2006 - 3:09pm

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