If Contempt Motion Was Dismissed Can Plaintiff File Again?

Question: I have recently received a contempt notice from my ex-wife over an account she thinks I am delinquent on because I believed it to be closed. Is it double jeopardy if this similar case was dropped by the Plaintiff before? Is this grounds for an appeal to adjust payment …

Why Should I Pay Child Care If My Child Is Being Left Home?

Question: I am required to pay my ex-wife for work-related child care expenses when she works and my child would otherwise be left home alone. I pay child care costs, even though my ex-wife allows my child to stay home alone most of the time. I am fine with him …

Legal Options When Ex Surprises You With Medical Bills

Question: I pay the medical insurance for the children and split uninsured expenses with my ex-wife. She recently left the doctor’s office without paying for uncovered expenses that she had requested services for and I had to pay to cover for her. I would hope I could be given the …

Ex Won’t Sell Marital Home Because I’m Paying The Mortgage. What Can I Do?

Question: In my divorce I was ordered to pay half the mortgage until the marital home is sold. However, my ex-wife, who is living in the home, has showed no motivation for selling the house and is not maintaining the exterior so it even looks like a valuable property. I …

Can I Lower Child Support If Ex-Wife Is Receiving Medicaid?

Question: My ex is ordered to provide private health insurance for our daughter and these costs were added when calculating my child support payments owed to her. I have reason to believe she is using Medicaid and not providing private insurance to our child, which essentially means I am paying …

Enforcing Divorce Decree On Someone Other Than Your Ex

Question: I need instructions on how to enforce my divorce decree that concerns the clause discussing the car title. I was awarded the vehicle, but the car title is in my name, my ex-wife’s name, and my ex’s mother’s name. My ex-wife has signed the title, but my ex-mother-in-law is …

My Ex Bought Our Child A Car Without My Consent

Question: My divorce decree and parenting plan state that my ex-wife and I share major decision making and we are to share auto expenses. She purchased a car for our child without my consent and after I told her numerous times prior to the purchase that I could not afford …

What Is The Punishment For Violating The Overnight Guest Morality Clause?

Question: I would like some clarification on interpreting a divorce decree that includes a morality clause concerning overnight guests and cohabitation. My boyfriend has a clause in his divorce decree that states “no party shall have overnight guests of the opposite sex to whom they are not married or related …

Are There Ways Around A Morality Clause Prohibiting Overnight Guests?

Question: My girlfriend has a morality clause in her divorce decree that no member of the opposite sex that she is romantically involved with my spend the night in the same dwelling as her children. Is there any way to get around this clause prohibiting me from staying the night …

Child Custody Laws: Interpreting Parenting Time Guidelines

Question: My ex-wife likes to “reinterpret” the parenting time guidelines as she sees fit for our young child. We live several hours apart and have normal visitation, according to our state’s child custody laws: every other weekend and four non-consecutive weeks out of the year. I pick my child up …