stealth2
Under the Radar Member
pooky23 said:Indiana-The ONLY thing out of what you listed is my ex has taken me to court claiming that I refused visitation.That was NOT TRUE at all,anytime that he didn't get the child was when he didn't call or show up,but he took me to court over it,and won-all in all I have been charged w/ contempt 2 or 3 times.Which also just blows my mind! It is totally not true,he had no proof to even back up his lies,and I had no proof to back up my innocense.-The judge decided to believe my ex though EVERYTIME!
To answer your other statement-no there is NOTHING else to this...![]()
Thank-You for your reply
This is a very hard lesson to learn, I'm afraid. After the FIRST time he claimed contempt, you should have made a point to document everything involving visitation, contact, etc. Unfortunately, some people DO claim contempt when it's untrue. It's not something one expects, but if it happens once you have to assume it will happen again. As a case in point... about 2 years ago, my ex started making noises to his lawyer that I interfered with phone contact. Not true, but since we had no set time for him to call, there were times when it would be a day or two before he could get the kids on the phone. At that point, I started emailing him after every time he DID talk to the kids, as well as every time he couldn't reach them to let him know when they'd be available. That went on for close to a year - we finally got an order specifying phone contact - and I figured that with the order we'd be set, so I stopped emailing him. Big mistake. He stopped calling them back in February. And doncha know - in July he hit me with a contempt charge for denying phone contact. Once we're back onto the school year schedule, you can bet those emails will start back up. He can piss and moan all he wants (and he did piss & moan about the weekly emails), but I refuse to be set up again.
The problem now is that you likely do not have a legal case for appeal. He claimed contempt several times, and you didn't refute it. I don't see a legal error, which is what you need to file an appeal. I'm sorry.