What is the name of your state? Illinois
I was granted a divorce by default and was granted judgements for $1,400 for part of the legal expenses and $6,000 for past due child support.
My ex never showed up for any court appearances & did not have a lawyer. My divorce was final in February 2002.
There was never a dollar amount put on those judgements so i'm not getting anything. He's currently unemployed so I didn't rush to figure this out sooner - but his unemployement is almost up and he will be getting a job soon.
My question is this - I'm going to motion these judgements up in court when he gets a job. Is there a chance that my ex could show up and get out of paying them? He currently doesnt' even know about them because he's never gone to get himself a copy of our divorce decree. He'll go crazy when he finds out - that's why I haven't told him. I have a whole binder of anything/everything, receipts of all kinds, and anything else I could get my hands on about every penny spent on our baby. I had to prove the dollar amount in court the first time - but I know if/when my ex finds out he will surely disagree because when he left me (when our baby was 5 weeks old) there was $4,000 in a bank account and I took it out so he couldn't take it for alcohol/drugs. Anyhow - my ex ASSUMES that the $4,000 was advance child support. Although that $4,000 was saved from MY income too while I was pregnant.
Is it possible he could get out of having to pay this back to me?
I was granted a divorce by default and was granted judgements for $1,400 for part of the legal expenses and $6,000 for past due child support.
My ex never showed up for any court appearances & did not have a lawyer. My divorce was final in February 2002.
There was never a dollar amount put on those judgements so i'm not getting anything. He's currently unemployed so I didn't rush to figure this out sooner - but his unemployement is almost up and he will be getting a job soon.
My question is this - I'm going to motion these judgements up in court when he gets a job. Is there a chance that my ex could show up and get out of paying them? He currently doesnt' even know about them because he's never gone to get himself a copy of our divorce decree. He'll go crazy when he finds out - that's why I haven't told him. I have a whole binder of anything/everything, receipts of all kinds, and anything else I could get my hands on about every penny spent on our baby. I had to prove the dollar amount in court the first time - but I know if/when my ex finds out he will surely disagree because when he left me (when our baby was 5 weeks old) there was $4,000 in a bank account and I took it out so he couldn't take it for alcohol/drugs. Anyhow - my ex ASSUMES that the $4,000 was advance child support. Although that $4,000 was saved from MY income too while I was pregnant.
Is it possible he could get out of having to pay this back to me?