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Family Law Child Support/Contempt, His Ex Didn't Allow Visitation For 5 Years but my fiance is in contempt?
((Please forgive the misspellings, as my keyboard is broken; letters missing from some words.))
My fiance received a Show cause for contempt for child support. (See previous question.) In short, his ex had the advantage of an atty., he didn’t. He was ordered to pay about 25% more child support than he should have been, he has been consistant but has not been able to send full amount and thus received a Show Cause for $8,500 in arrears (pmt. is $540/mo.) I just found out that FOR THE PST 5 YEARS (ever since the divorce, he oly saw them 4 times in the 1st 2 months then never again) his ex REFUSED to allow him contact via phone or the reasonable visitation which was ordered. At the time of the divorce, one son was age 2 & the other, age 3. That said, he missed ALL of his 2nd son’s "firsts." She REFUSED to allow them to speak with him even though he would call to speak with them. he said he could her them asking if it was Daddy and she would say terrible things about him infront of them while yelling at him over the phone and refuse to allow the kids to speak with them. I know that they are both in contempt, but does my fiance have any recourse? In FL, I’ve seen cases in which one parent refused visitation or contact and the non-residential parent received partial or full custody. He wants to see his children. He just mentioned this, he said that he actually had not been able to speak with them at all. She refused to give him any info. about them, he had to call the schools and doctors to get their copies or report cards every year, etc. Then about 2 years into the divorce, she stopped answering the phone all together and no messages were ever returned. SO, HE HAS NOT BEEN ALLOWED BY HIS EX TO TALK WITH HIS SONS SINCE AGE 2 & 3, THIS WAS 5 YEARS AGO. He only got to drive up once every 2 weeks to pick them up for a day, on 4 (four) occasions. No contact allowed, thereafter. WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT THE JUDGE WILL ALLOW HIM SHARED OR SOLE PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY & RESIDENTIAL RESPONSIBILITY?
Also: I realize that the Show Cause for Contempt is a seperte issue. He is able to show his efforts in contacting both the state and the county, trying to contct and discuss this with his ex to no vail and his sending in the request for modifications, for which NO date was ever set for a hearing. He thinks this happened becuse his ex is friends with the Clerk of Court; he tried EVERYHTING to get this adjsted, modified and resolved. This is his first contempt, happened after becomming unemployed (he did report the unemployment) this is his 2nd time being in arrears, but before, it was about 4 yers ago and it was only by 2 payments because he had changed jobs and had to wait on his first check and he got 100% caught up that time within a few pmts. to current. However, since the unemployment, he is now back in arrears the amount mentioned, above.
ALSO: I need the name of a very good yet inexpensive (is this possible!?) family law atty. whom is licensed in SC. Thanks in advnce!
I apologize in advance that my "a" key on the keyboard is fried, as are a few others. Please forgive misspellings due to missing letters. I am very, very serious about helping my fiance see his children. Because he is $8,500 in arrears, is there a chance that the judge in that "good ‘ole boy town" will demand the entire amount immediately? per my previous post, we just do not have that kind of money. He wants the modification he’s been trying to file for but no date is ever set & he is serious about paying, obviuosly he did consistantly up to now and was current until he became unenployed. We are BOTH scared to death. He doesnt want to have to go to jail for something he TRIED to fix, pro se. He wants a payment arrangement.
**HE DID TRY TO GET THE AMOUNT MODIFIED. HE REQUESTED THE PAPERWORK, FILLED IT OUT, SENT IT IN AND WAITED…NO DATE WAS EVER SET BECAUSE APPARENTLY IT WAS "LOST," AS HIS EX IS FRIENDS WITH THE CLERK OF COURT. HE TRIED THIS TWO TIMES, WE FILED FOR A MODIFICATION FOR BOTH THE VISITATION & THE CHANGE IN SUPPORT AMOUNT DUE TO CHANGE IN CURCUMSTANCES, HOWEVER NO DATE WAS EVER SET. HE DOES HAVE RECORDS OF HIS EFFORTS IN CONTACTING BOTH THE STATE & COUNTY. RECORDS OF THE PAPERWORK RECEIVED, FILLED OUT & MAILED. JUST THAT THEY NEVER FILED IT BECAUSE HIS EX HAD A HAND IN IT BECAUSE SHE IS FRIENDS WITH THE CLERK OF COURT FOR THE COUNTY…
*****I AGREE that it is about the kids…it’s bout the fact that the ex ALIENATED THE FATHER FROM WORD GO WHEN THEY DIVORCED & HAD REFUSED CONTACT EVER SINCE. It’s also about the fact that she planned this with maliace aforethought. He has RECORDINGS of her yelling her plan to him…since he was basically just a kid with no family or friends when this was happening & was without the advantage of an atty., I think that the kids should have been able to see their dad and you can BET that she will use this and cause further damage to the childen & their relationship with their father. This man literally "adopted" my child & has been amazing for her. I have heard his ex, she is quite vindictive. HE NEVER STOPPED PAYING SUPPORT! HE PAID WHAT HE COULD ALL WHILE TRYING FOR A MODIFICATION FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS, he DID MOTION, but BECAUSE HIS EX IS FRIENDS WITH THE CLERK OF COURT, that friend never files them. We have proof…now we just have to show it, I guess.
My fiance lives in FL, the divorce was in SC, where his ex still lives with the 2 children.
YES he always paid through the court so there is record of that. He also hs a hand-written record as well as the State & County duplicate record of all the calls that he made to both agencies, state & county, regarding this matter. There are 2 requests for modification from the state but the papers never made it to the county. He did send them.
Okay… here’s the deal…
If he’s paying his child support… and she withholds visitation… the CHILD SUPPORT STOPS.
He can hedge his bet by putting the funds in escrow… but… If she’s not doing HER PART… why should he be delivering on his.
stanleys_2001 | Feb 01, 2010
He cannot unilaterally stop the child support without risking the loss of his license, going to jail and being found in contempt. That is poor advice, and you should not follow it.
Here is the problem he is going to face – he let 5 years go by without petitioning the court to compel visitation. Only when served with the Show Cause did he think to mention that he isn’t getting visitation. It paints him in a very poor light.
Look for a Father’s Rights group in the area. That is probably your best bet.
rafferty | Feb 01, 2010
A Court Order to pay Child Support is just that, an Order from the court. Visitation issues do NOT affect the Court Order of Support. He has the right to petition the court at any time for a hearing on either visitation issues and/or the amount of Child Support. He is now in arrears and subject to the court’s decision. Save the money he might spend on a lawyer and make a payment on the Child Support. This is not about him, it’s about the kids.
connor g | Feb 01, 2010
Did you see him go to the Court House? Do you KNOW she is friends with the Clerk of Courts? Do you just believe this because he told it to you? If you are just listening to him that is your first mistake. If you could PROVE he tried to petition the Court, both about the amount and her being in contempt, and he couldn’t get a date then that is something to take to Court. The reason being that the Clerk of Courts is committing a crime. They CAN’T deny people a day in Court just because they want to. He clearly didn’t try everything though. Personally I would have gone to another Court, even if it was in another County, and explain what I BELIEVED to be going on. I’m not saying they would have helped, but that would have left the trail that you honestly believe the Clerk of Courts was committing a crime. He could have gone to the DA and said he believed she was committing obstruction of Justice, or even talked to the DA about what was going on. IF she was honestly not letting him have a Court Date then you talk to someone higher-up. Doesn’t matter if it is a Civil Court, her actions would be a CRIMINAL action if she wasn’t letting his requests go to a Judge to decide if they would take it or not. Heck there is even a head of the Judges that you could have attempted to get in contact with and explain the situation with, meaning the one with the Clerk NOT his personal situation as you don’t want to talk about the case.
sgoldperson | Feb 01, 2010
Slow down! My head is spinning! Florida or South Carolina? Where is your fiance and where are the kids? Where is this County Clerk? Let’s find out where everybody is first! Don’t forget, where were they divorced? The State, I mean!
SO! To start with, did SHE get custody and the Judge decreed his right as a father to see the kids? This should all be written down in the divorce papers. Just to put his mind at rest for a little while, being out of work doesn’t make him in Contempt of Court. If that was the case, half the male divorced population would BE in contempt!!! HE has no control over that! He can’t give what he doesn’t have. MY daughter-in-law’s EX husband was MORE out of work than he was in, but that was his own doing! He just didn’t want to pay up!! Yes, she took him to court, but even the Court can’t blood out of a stone.
What I would do before you get an attorney, is do some research on the Laws in Florida AND South Carolina, because I don’t know WHO is where right now! If you guys are in SC and the divorce given in Florida, you are going to have to find out how that will affect submitting a request to talk to the Judge. Get educated in Fanily Laws, so when you DO get an attorney, you can discuss his problem intelligently! Also, do you know, right now where the kids are living with their mother? and WHO doesn he send the money to? I HOPE, through the Courts. So there IS a record of his attempts to pay child support! It seems, from what I understand from your question, he is keeping in touch with the authorities, which is a PLUS for him. DO NOT SEND any request to the COURT. Go there in person. It would be easy for this clerk, IF she IS a friend of his EX, to shove the request to the bottom of the pile. Just because she works for the State, doesn’t necessarily mean she is honest!!! Something else that has crossed my mind, cos it happened to MY son. The EX (with the help of Social Services!) – another case of HER having a friend in the right place!) took the kid out of State before the case had been settled in Court! NOW she has a Bench Warrant against her!) without my son’s knowledge or permissionm not to mention the Courts!!! SHE, in fact, kdinapped my Grand daughter!! I haven’t had time to do some research for you, just to help you out, but from what I DO know, she has absolutely NO right to deny him access to his kids. She is doing the same thing my son’s EX did! Brainwashing the kids against their father! If I was you, and had the money to do so, would be to hire a P.I. and find out what kind of conditions the EX and the kids are living in!!! Who are HER friends, and how she is treating the kids. They are BOTH old enough now, to speak for themselves. I’m afraid, this is all the information I can give right now, but, what little it is, I hope it has given you food for thought. God Bless, and good luck.
Ruth S | Feb 01, 2010
I think you should keep its current colour, it really suits you.
