Would this be considered verbal abuse??
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| Fri, 05-30-2008 - 7:53pm |
Hello again everyone!
My exhusband projects his anger on me because he realizes his mistakes, but HATES that he has to take responsibility and pay me child support. He lost his job, which paid him almost 20 bucks an hour because he drove his work truck home without permission and already had a final warning. He got another job, but it doesnt' pay nearly as much. He still has to pay me child support. He has terrible mood swings and they are generally aimed at me. Today when I dropped the kids off, I simply asked him if he had filed the 2007 taxes yet...no of course he didn't, how dare I ask. I told him that there will be penalties and they will come after us if he doesn't. He bucks up on me, tells me to get the "BEEP" out of the house and to shut the "BEEP" up. All of this is in front of the kids. His current girlfriend took the kids outside. Both his mom and girlfriend were trying to calm him down and actually were taking up for me. This kind of thing happens all the time when I'm alone. If my boyfriend is with me, he wouldn't dream of saying anything nasty. Would this be considered verbal abuse on his part and can I do anything in the form of not letting him have visitation until he gets his moods under control. I dont' know if he does this sort of things to the kids, but he did it when the kids were around.

I'd consider if verbal abuse!
As for the tax part of it (I'm a tax preparer), couldn't you file your own taxes? Many couples do that when they aren't together anymore. That way if he got in trouble for not filing them--wouldn't affect you at all. They'd go after him.