My ex has zero regard for the court system or court orders. I left the marriage three years ago, and I'm still not done. Our issues that remain are all financial (custody was already done a year ago).
My ex absolutely refuses to providefinancial disclosure. He has been court ordered to provide a very detailed list of disclosure, because he was caught lying so many times in court. It took two years for him to provide my lawyer with just his 2011 tax return (finally provided it the day before court).
He was slapped with a total of $4500 in costs over several court appearances, which he refused to pay for over a year (finally did the day before court). He's just being a complete jerk......stopped paying my kids' RESPs after he said he would continue paying (they are now several thousand in arrears), he was being garnished through FRO, but now he opted out of his salaried position with a very large, well known North American company, to work under contract, under a company name of his own, with his own employee being him, so his pay stopped being garnished six months ago. As a result, his support payments through FRO have been inconsistent and he's stopped paying anything towards his arrears.
We filed a motion of contempt because of his non-compliance with court orders regarding financial disclosure. He was found guilty, and was ordered to pay a $5000 penalty, and was ordered again to provide all disclosure within 30 days. The 30 days passed and he hasn't provided the info or the $5000. We filed a motion to strike his pleadings, and they were struck. The judge chewed him out and called him a liar. Said the other judges should have ended this long ago.
So now he's making over $100,000 a year, pays support when it's convenient to him, has refused to pay any extra expenses (he was only paying for my son's sport activity and stopped that as well). I've had to pay for my son's braces, my daughter's retainer, and all other expenses. He refuses to provide disclosure, he refuses to help with medical expenses, he refuses to pay court ordered costs and penalties.
We are filing for an uncontested trial now, but my question is....how is anything enforced? How can he keep skipping through they system, ignoring court orders, ignoring the fact that his kids deserve his financial help? You can't be in contempt for financial issues, so how will he ever be forced to comply with all these orders?
So even if the trial outcome is that he has to pay X amount monthly and for X amount for section 7s, he won't pay. I can't keep all this up on my own, and shouldn't have to. Does anyone know what can be done with people like this? Are there really no punishments for people who continue to ignore court orders?
My ex absolutely refuses to providefinancial disclosure. He has been court ordered to provide a very detailed list of disclosure, because he was caught lying so many times in court. It took two years for him to provide my lawyer with just his 2011 tax return (finally provided it the day before court).
He was slapped with a total of $4500 in costs over several court appearances, which he refused to pay for over a year (finally did the day before court). He's just being a complete jerk......stopped paying my kids' RESPs after he said he would continue paying (they are now several thousand in arrears), he was being garnished through FRO, but now he opted out of his salaried position with a very large, well known North American company, to work under contract, under a company name of his own, with his own employee being him, so his pay stopped being garnished six months ago. As a result, his support payments through FRO have been inconsistent and he's stopped paying anything towards his arrears.
We filed a motion of contempt because of his non-compliance with court orders regarding financial disclosure. He was found guilty, and was ordered to pay a $5000 penalty, and was ordered again to provide all disclosure within 30 days. The 30 days passed and he hasn't provided the info or the $5000. We filed a motion to strike his pleadings, and they were struck. The judge chewed him out and called him a liar. Said the other judges should have ended this long ago.
So now he's making over $100,000 a year, pays support when it's convenient to him, has refused to pay any extra expenses (he was only paying for my son's sport activity and stopped that as well). I've had to pay for my son's braces, my daughter's retainer, and all other expenses. He refuses to provide disclosure, he refuses to help with medical expenses, he refuses to pay court ordered costs and penalties.
We are filing for an uncontested trial now, but my question is....how is anything enforced? How can he keep skipping through they system, ignoring court orders, ignoring the fact that his kids deserve his financial help? You can't be in contempt for financial issues, so how will he ever be forced to comply with all these orders?
So even if the trial outcome is that he has to pay X amount monthly and for X amount for section 7s, he won't pay. I can't keep all this up on my own, and shouldn't have to. Does anyone know what can be done with people like this? Are there really no punishments for people who continue to ignore court orders?
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