I have a strange case, and I hope I can get some advice about it. I had a lawyer earlier, but I can no longer afford one.
My wife made a libellous charge in her Application. She claimed that I earn undisclosed income criminally and that she knows that I did so throughout our marriage. She wants the court to impute income to me on the basis that I moonlight as a crook and have done so for many years.
Her claim is about like "he sells heroin to kids at the local high-school and doesn't declare the income on his taxes." It is crazy and highly defamatory.
I have a Final Order and already pay child support according to Tables. For the divorce my wife needed something to suggest a change of circumstances. A gigantic lie was what she came up with.
Thus far this amounts only to 'he-said she-said'. I have been looking through the family-law sources on the internet, and I see that perjury in legal documents is common and family-law judges are not especially concerned about it. She says one thing, I say another, and the judge will eventually have to decide which one of us is telling the truth when we get to trial.
But what makes this case unusual is that my wife subsequently, back when I could still afford a lawyer, acknowledged during Questioning that the libel that appeared in her Application was not true. In other words, in Questioning by my lawyer she clearly contradicted her Application on a crucial point. It is therefore obvious that she perjured himself.
To my surprise, she has recently re-introduced her incredible lie in a Motion scheduled to be heard a few weeks from now. She re-introduced the lie in her second affidavit in support of the Motion. I thought I'd seen the end of it after Questioning.
So she is re-telling the lie now, after telling the truth several months ago. I can't reply to her perjury in another affidavit, because I am the Respondent. She gets two affidavits, and I only get one.
I think her perjury must be a serious matter, and I would like some advice about what can be done about it.
My questions are as follows:
Is this *obvious* perjury a serious matter? It seems to me that it should be, but I don't know, and I can no longer afford to breathe in the presence of a lawyer, let alone consult one.
And if this obvious perjury is in fact a serious matter, how can I bring it to the attention of the Justice hearing the Motion? Can I write to him? Should I write to someone else? Can I present the relevant portion of the transcript of her Questioning during the hearing for the Motion? I don't know what goes on at a Motion. Do I have to wait until after the Motion? I hope I don't have to wait until the trial before bringing this important fact to the attention of some judge.
Given the absurdity of the charge, and the fact that she denied it herself during Questioning, I'm hoping I can end this now and get an uncontested divorce. I assume her libel will be great for me in asking for legal costs, but I'd prefer that this idiotic case not go that far.
I'd really appreciate any advice. This case is just as crazy as it sounds.
My wife made a libellous charge in her Application. She claimed that I earn undisclosed income criminally and that she knows that I did so throughout our marriage. She wants the court to impute income to me on the basis that I moonlight as a crook and have done so for many years.
Her claim is about like "he sells heroin to kids at the local high-school and doesn't declare the income on his taxes." It is crazy and highly defamatory.
I have a Final Order and already pay child support according to Tables. For the divorce my wife needed something to suggest a change of circumstances. A gigantic lie was what she came up with.
Thus far this amounts only to 'he-said she-said'. I have been looking through the family-law sources on the internet, and I see that perjury in legal documents is common and family-law judges are not especially concerned about it. She says one thing, I say another, and the judge will eventually have to decide which one of us is telling the truth when we get to trial.
But what makes this case unusual is that my wife subsequently, back when I could still afford a lawyer, acknowledged during Questioning that the libel that appeared in her Application was not true. In other words, in Questioning by my lawyer she clearly contradicted her Application on a crucial point. It is therefore obvious that she perjured himself.
To my surprise, she has recently re-introduced her incredible lie in a Motion scheduled to be heard a few weeks from now. She re-introduced the lie in her second affidavit in support of the Motion. I thought I'd seen the end of it after Questioning.
So she is re-telling the lie now, after telling the truth several months ago. I can't reply to her perjury in another affidavit, because I am the Respondent. She gets two affidavits, and I only get one.
I think her perjury must be a serious matter, and I would like some advice about what can be done about it.
My questions are as follows:
Is this *obvious* perjury a serious matter? It seems to me that it should be, but I don't know, and I can no longer afford to breathe in the presence of a lawyer, let alone consult one.
And if this obvious perjury is in fact a serious matter, how can I bring it to the attention of the Justice hearing the Motion? Can I write to him? Should I write to someone else? Can I present the relevant portion of the transcript of her Questioning during the hearing for the Motion? I don't know what goes on at a Motion. Do I have to wait until after the Motion? I hope I don't have to wait until the trial before bringing this important fact to the attention of some judge.
Given the absurdity of the charge, and the fact that she denied it herself during Questioning, I'm hoping I can end this now and get an uncontested divorce. I assume her libel will be great for me in asking for legal costs, but I'd prefer that this idiotic case not go that far.
I'd really appreciate any advice. This case is just as crazy as it sounds.
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