Originally Posted by hopeful4

So today I call him this morning to figure out a schedule (my kids do want to see them and he is taking a sobriety test first). He basically said he plans to open his own accounts and will use the money we owe back to his sister for paying off his restution for an attorney. What??? My parents paid half of that money (this was $4k total, she paid two, my parents paid two). So I am at a place where I am not sure what to do. No way am I handing him $2k. However, I did think about saying here is $1k and I took $1k since my mother paid. I am also thinking about just saying tough, pay her back yourself. This $ came from our tax refund FYI.