Okay, I'll try to keep this short but I'm really frustrated...
My ex turned up at our 2nd TMC with some international banking documents (he was ordered to produce but got them in late) claiming he had all kinds of money before we were married and spent it before he immigrated here to Canada. If this were to be believe, he'd owe me no equalization payment and I'd buy him out of the matrimonial home completely. Problem is, he never had any money and I don't think anyone else in his family had this amount of money so I'm pretty sure the bank statements are forged. I tried to settle regardless to no avail - he wants to go to trial (and 8 days at that -we do not have much money at stake here...).
Here's the funny thing. The documents produced show on bank statements that he had a bunch of money in 2005 and that it was dwindled to essentially zero the week before he immigrated to Canada (no statements in between). It's amazing but he then shows a photocopy of page 5 of a bank passbook showing a withdrawal of some $1,000, leaving about $4,000 in the account when he'd never been back in his home country to either put the money back in OR even on the date of his withdrawal???? How does that happen? Someone using his account? No idea what these shenanigans are about.
We're definitely headed to trial as he cannot be reasonable (he keeps claiming I knew about this money, which I did not, I financed the entire year we lived together in his country). My question is, if I cannot get him to elaborate on this information, and cannot get him to sign a release to validate directly with the bank, what is the likelihood that a judge would disbelieve his foreign document? We're talking about Africa here and everything is for sale although I'm quite certain a judge wouldn't know that. He claims this was for an inheritance....
Any thoughts....I'm really frustrated that his constant lies are accepted - I know the truth and I just can't belive the truth doesn't at some point prevail...Guess I'm still a little naive - quickly losing it though.
Much appreciated.
My ex turned up at our 2nd TMC with some international banking documents (he was ordered to produce but got them in late) claiming he had all kinds of money before we were married and spent it before he immigrated here to Canada. If this were to be believe, he'd owe me no equalization payment and I'd buy him out of the matrimonial home completely. Problem is, he never had any money and I don't think anyone else in his family had this amount of money so I'm pretty sure the bank statements are forged. I tried to settle regardless to no avail - he wants to go to trial (and 8 days at that -we do not have much money at stake here...).
Here's the funny thing. The documents produced show on bank statements that he had a bunch of money in 2005 and that it was dwindled to essentially zero the week before he immigrated to Canada (no statements in between). It's amazing but he then shows a photocopy of page 5 of a bank passbook showing a withdrawal of some $1,000, leaving about $4,000 in the account when he'd never been back in his home country to either put the money back in OR even on the date of his withdrawal???? How does that happen? Someone using his account? No idea what these shenanigans are about.
We're definitely headed to trial as he cannot be reasonable (he keeps claiming I knew about this money, which I did not, I financed the entire year we lived together in his country). My question is, if I cannot get him to elaborate on this information, and cannot get him to sign a release to validate directly with the bank, what is the likelihood that a judge would disbelieve his foreign document? We're talking about Africa here and everything is for sale although I'm quite certain a judge wouldn't know that. He claims this was for an inheritance....
Any thoughts....I'm really frustrated that his constant lies are accepted - I know the truth and I just can't belive the truth doesn't at some point prevail...Guess I'm still a little naive - quickly losing it though.
Much appreciated.
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