What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Virginia
I live in Virginia and my fiance was ordered to pay spousal support. The judge did not follow the guidelines of the law. First he didn't make 50% or more of the marital income (she stated to the judge she earned $9 per hour at her job and my fiance only earned $15 per hour). She claimed to have been fired from her employment of 4 years almost 4 months after she threw him out of the marriage. She filed for spousal support and did not even show up and a month after this first attempt she filed again. The first time she filed she was employed and it was after the second filing she conviently got fired by stating her employer fired her after 4 years because of a "system update" and since she can't read or write she couldn't keep up. This employer has done updates before and there was never an issue. She brought in some facebook post and the judge did ask her if she couldn't read or write how was she able to post on facebook. The judge required no proof of the unemployment she claimed to be receiving at the time of trial nor did he require proof of her paying rent on a family home her sister owns which has no bathrooms and is on a shared well that is not in compliance with housing code. He also required no proof of her termination of her employment. My fiance however had to prove his income. Now since the judge went on her word alone she claimed to only be receiving $150 per week from unemployment...I know for a fact this was a lie also as under unemployment and her earnings from her job should be around $300 per week. Neither party had attorneys and my fiance cannot afford an attorney now to fix this because he has been fired from his employment due to all the court dates. He now has to go back to court because he can not afford the support that was imposed on him but he has paid her what he can afford after his living expenses. He has had to move and his standard of living has been greatly diminished just to try and survive. Now I have proof of this injustice and I need to know how can I go about having this undone on our own as hiring an attorney is impossible right now and no one is willing to do a Pro Bono. I have spent since the end of March trying to get someone to help or point me in the direction I need to go. Sadly I think his right to appeal has expired so I'm thinking we may have to bring some other kind of law suit.
"Well its based on your salary or hourly wage. If you make over 30k yearly one would be entitled to 378 weekly less tax. If you choose to have tax taken out jt would be 342. Number of weeks of eligibility Is determined by how much is made gross In each quarter of the year. Maximum right now is 29 weeks with no extensions." The statement in quotations was sent to me via a friend who is familiar with unemployment so this proves she gets more than $150 per week.
Thank you for reading and I hope and pray someone can offer some advice on where to go from here.
I live in Virginia and my fiance was ordered to pay spousal support. The judge did not follow the guidelines of the law. First he didn't make 50% or more of the marital income (she stated to the judge she earned $9 per hour at her job and my fiance only earned $15 per hour). She claimed to have been fired from her employment of 4 years almost 4 months after she threw him out of the marriage. She filed for spousal support and did not even show up and a month after this first attempt she filed again. The first time she filed she was employed and it was after the second filing she conviently got fired by stating her employer fired her after 4 years because of a "system update" and since she can't read or write she couldn't keep up. This employer has done updates before and there was never an issue. She brought in some facebook post and the judge did ask her if she couldn't read or write how was she able to post on facebook. The judge required no proof of the unemployment she claimed to be receiving at the time of trial nor did he require proof of her paying rent on a family home her sister owns which has no bathrooms and is on a shared well that is not in compliance with housing code. He also required no proof of her termination of her employment. My fiance however had to prove his income. Now since the judge went on her word alone she claimed to only be receiving $150 per week from unemployment...I know for a fact this was a lie also as under unemployment and her earnings from her job should be around $300 per week. Neither party had attorneys and my fiance cannot afford an attorney now to fix this because he has been fired from his employment due to all the court dates. He now has to go back to court because he can not afford the support that was imposed on him but he has paid her what he can afford after his living expenses. He has had to move and his standard of living has been greatly diminished just to try and survive. Now I have proof of this injustice and I need to know how can I go about having this undone on our own as hiring an attorney is impossible right now and no one is willing to do a Pro Bono. I have spent since the end of March trying to get someone to help or point me in the direction I need to go. Sadly I think his right to appeal has expired so I'm thinking we may have to bring some other kind of law suit.
"Well its based on your salary or hourly wage. If you make over 30k yearly one would be entitled to 378 weekly less tax. If you choose to have tax taken out jt would be 342. Number of weeks of eligibility Is determined by how much is made gross In each quarter of the year. Maximum right now is 29 weeks with no extensions." The statement in quotations was sent to me via a friend who is familiar with unemployment so this proves she gets more than $150 per week.
Thank you for reading and I hope and pray someone can offer some advice on where to go from here.
