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JulietCat
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What is the name of your state? Ohio
I have been divorced for 15 years, I remarried shortly after my divorce. My divorce states that my ex is to visit every other weekend, every wednesday from 6-9pm, two weeks in the summer, one week at christmas, every fathers day, and alternating holidays, he has never complied with this. The first 4 years we were divorced he never once came to see his children. My children, I have 3, and 2 are attention deficit hyperactive disorder, and my youngest has traumatic brain injury, and severe attention deficit hyperactive disorder. In sept. 2003 i asked for a child support modification, because the 2 older children graduated, and were 18 and taken off of support, i had not had a modification in over 5 years, and was unable to raise my handicapped son on $60 a week. My ex is finiancally stable, and i struggle, living paycheck to paycheck. My ex was furious about the modification and told me to stop it or i would be sorry. Well i went through with it, and he hired a lawyer and took me to court for contempt for not allowing him to claim the children on the income tax. It is in our divorce that he can claim them, but because he never followed the visitation, I never followed allowing him to claim the kids. My husband claims them. The magistrate told me his visiting was irrelavent and she could not enforce the visitation, but could enforce me signing the paper for him to claim the children. This seems so unfair, my husband and I raised my children, and provided them with everything. Now i am going to be punished because my ex is retailiating against me. This is a bunch of bull. I am a full time student, i have one year left for my R.N. degree, if i sign this paper, i will lose my finiancial aid, and will have to pay for the year i have attended. Last month i had to file bancruptcy, while my ex was on a cruise. I have never allowed him to claim the children on the income tax, because he never, not once, followed the visits as scheduled in the divorce. The last sentence in my divorce states that ALL of the above must be complied with, doesnt that include visits. I do not understand, I go back to court on Feb. 2,2004 and am facing jail. I will not sign the paper!! I do not have an attorney, will one help. I am finiancally strapped, and do not know where to turn. I didnt claim the children, i do not work, but my husband claimed them. What can i do to get out of this mess, besides signing the paper. The income tax money we recieved was used for my children, for clothing, bills, school fees, gas for doctors visits. I need help, cam someone please help. If i go to jail there will be no one to care for my son, my husband works, and all my family live out of state. My son is scared and so am i, he will end up in foster care. please help!! My ex and I have been divorced a little over 15 years, and I have been remarried for 14 years. My husband has always claimed the children, since he has been more of a father to my children than there own biological father. There has never been one problem with my husband claiming them, until i asked for the modification. What can i do? 14 years and never a complaint till now, what the heck, there has to be someone who can help.
The paper being a signed paper from me stating he can claim the kids.
I have been divorced for 15 years, I remarried shortly after my divorce. My divorce states that my ex is to visit every other weekend, every wednesday from 6-9pm, two weeks in the summer, one week at christmas, every fathers day, and alternating holidays, he has never complied with this. The first 4 years we were divorced he never once came to see his children. My children, I have 3, and 2 are attention deficit hyperactive disorder, and my youngest has traumatic brain injury, and severe attention deficit hyperactive disorder. In sept. 2003 i asked for a child support modification, because the 2 older children graduated, and were 18 and taken off of support, i had not had a modification in over 5 years, and was unable to raise my handicapped son on $60 a week. My ex is finiancally stable, and i struggle, living paycheck to paycheck. My ex was furious about the modification and told me to stop it or i would be sorry. Well i went through with it, and he hired a lawyer and took me to court for contempt for not allowing him to claim the children on the income tax. It is in our divorce that he can claim them, but because he never followed the visitation, I never followed allowing him to claim the kids. My husband claims them. The magistrate told me his visiting was irrelavent and she could not enforce the visitation, but could enforce me signing the paper for him to claim the children. This seems so unfair, my husband and I raised my children, and provided them with everything. Now i am going to be punished because my ex is retailiating against me. This is a bunch of bull. I am a full time student, i have one year left for my R.N. degree, if i sign this paper, i will lose my finiancial aid, and will have to pay for the year i have attended. Last month i had to file bancruptcy, while my ex was on a cruise. I have never allowed him to claim the children on the income tax, because he never, not once, followed the visits as scheduled in the divorce. The last sentence in my divorce states that ALL of the above must be complied with, doesnt that include visits. I do not understand, I go back to court on Feb. 2,2004 and am facing jail. I will not sign the paper!! I do not have an attorney, will one help. I am finiancally strapped, and do not know where to turn. I didnt claim the children, i do not work, but my husband claimed them. What can i do to get out of this mess, besides signing the paper. The income tax money we recieved was used for my children, for clothing, bills, school fees, gas for doctors visits. I need help, cam someone please help. If i go to jail there will be no one to care for my son, my husband works, and all my family live out of state. My son is scared and so am i, he will end up in foster care. please help!! My ex and I have been divorced a little over 15 years, and I have been remarried for 14 years. My husband has always claimed the children, since he has been more of a father to my children than there own biological father. There has never been one problem with my husband claiming them, until i asked for the modification. What can i do? 14 years and never a complaint till now, what the heck, there has to be someone who can help.
The paper being a signed paper from me stating he can claim the kids.
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