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AngelaA
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I live in WI. My ex-husband left my child and I ...said he could not handle being a husband or a father after 24 years of marriage and my putting him through college...He didn't see our child for almost a year..and in that time maxed out 4 credit cards, purchased 3 cars, without my knowledge...Kept promising to come back and try counselling. After 2 years of waiting and his wild spending (Fearing total financial ruin) , I filed for divorce and ended up being responsible for half of his frivolous debt...We lost our home, all our valuables to pay off his debt...My daughter and I now live in low cost housing, receiving 17% child support which equals $338 every 2 weeks. I left a 24 year marriage with less than I had going into it. I worked full time 16 years and put him through school....The last 8 years of our marriage I have worked part time to raise our child and have physical limitations resulting from a MVA. My ex said if I took no maintenence and gave him the tax deduction for my daughter 2 out of 3 years that I could have permanent physical placement of our child..I agreed to this and now he wants shared placement so he doesn't have to pay child support...thus screwing me out of any kind of fair settlement for 24 years of marriage .He took advantage for my concern for our child and ended up cheating me out of everything...I am just sick over this...Guess the sayings are true, "Nice guys always finish last" and " No good deed goes unpunished" The worst part is that my atty never advised me of anything to protect myself or my child financially...