How To Enforce Your Divorce Decree

Question: I need help on enforcing my divorce decree. My ex-wife has violated our decree by not keeping health coverage on our child and not exercising her visitation rights. We are supposed to split child custody 50-50, but our child almost exclusively lives with me because she ignores her parenting …

Invoking ROFR When The Clause Isn’t In The Decree

Question: My divorce question is about the right of first refusal clause. During my parenting time that includes overnight visitation, I sometimes have to work so my fiance or my parents stay with my children. My ex-wife now wants to take our children on those nights when I work by …

Incorporating Separation Agreement Into Final Decree

Question: I need legal separation advice on whether our marital settlement agreement is enforceable. My wife and I separated and entered into a settlement agreement addressing issues such as child support, parenting time, etc., before our divorce was even filed. Now her attorney has filed the dissolution paperwork and indicated …

Why Paying Child Support Directly To Your Ex Is A Mistake

Question: My question is about child support laws when paying your ex directly. I have paid every penny of child support I owed, but I received a notice that I owed $10,000 in child support arrears. This is likely because sometimes I would pay my ex-wife directly so the payments …

Will The Judge Go By The Child Support Guidelines?

Question: In my child support review, the percentages on the child support worksheet indicate I should be paying 70% of child care costs while my wife covers 30%. However, my divorce decree says we should split child care costs “equally” in the event my ex-wife needs to use child care, …

Advice on child support laws issued in an invalid divorce

Question: I am looking for advice on child support laws regarding orders from an invalid divorce decree. I was granted a divorce and child custody was awarded to me in Texas many years ago. My ex-wife took my child, who I have not seen since, and apparently was granted a …

Delaying finalizing a divorce case once all documents have been filed

Question: In an uncontested divorce, once the papers have been willingly signed by the Respondent, transition classes have been taken by both parties and the disposition has been signed by the Petitioner in his attorney’s office, can the Respondent take any such action to stop the judge from signing a …

Ex-Wife Claims Original Divorce Decree Was Amended To Include College

Question: Our original divorce decree from 20 years ago states that my ex-wife and I are to each pay 50% of my child’s college tuition. She claims that shortly after we divorced we signed an amendment to the divorce judgment changing the payment percentages to me having to pay 75%, …

Ex wife is not paying education costs as outlined in decree

Question: Can my ex-wife break our divorce settlement agreement, specifically regarding who pays for our children to attend private school? She says she no longer has to pay for private education as agreed to since the joint property we exchanged has increased in value to my benefit. Do I have …

How to set aside a court ordered divorce judgment

Question: I feel that my wife manipulated me into agreeing to unfavorable divorce terms particularly regarding alimony and child support payments. I would like to set aside this divorce judgment and have the court enter a modified order so that I can be well aware of what I am agreeing …