Court date approaching
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Court date approaching
I know it's not for a few weeks but id appreciate prayers on August 20th as I take my ex to court for multiple contempt of court charges including possible jail time. Putting on the armor of God, folks!
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What are the contempt charges for? It's pretty rare, apart from violations of protective orders, to get jail time for contempt. Usually it's a big, fat fine. In nonpayment situations (where there is ability to pay), courts sometimes stick them in jail ONLY until they pay up. It's a coercive measure, rather than a punishment measure.
Will keep you and your family in thoughts/prayers.
Will keep you and your family in thoughts/prayers.
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Four... remind us... is he the one that was paying along quite nicely as he's supposed to for quite some time then just abruptly stopped? And when you asked about it he just said nope, not gonna pay anymore? (when he has complete ability to?)
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My guess is that if this is his first contempt proceeding the court will go fairly easy on him in terms of consequences but impress on him that if he continues, more severe consequences (including, potentially, jail) will be coming.
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Who knows-it's up to the judge. No, he has not paid me one dime-he has every ability to pay. @lexie-the judge has already been extremely hard on him and ordered, among other things, that he catch up and stay current with child support back in April. His choice. His consequences. He can lay in the bed he himself made.
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Court orders don't apply to my ex-just ask him-he doesn't have to do abything that anyone tells him to do-or follow any rules. I heard that for so many years it still makes my stomach hurt thinking about how arrogant he got. Well, ok then! He can keep living in lala land-I'm right here loving it in reality.
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Will keep you in my thoughts and prayers, Forourgirls.
Oh, this sounds so familiar. When he was asked in court if he'd be willing to be tested on a regular basis in order to have unsupervised visits with DS, AXH asked why he would need to do that. (This was after his GF revealed a relapse.) He went on to say, "No. I don't need people telling me what to do or not do," and then complained about how much it would cost (after admitting he hadn't paid any child support for 3 years).
Wishing you peace and continued strength. (((hugs)))
Originally Posted by Forourgirls 
Court orders don't apply to my ex-just ask him-he doesn't have to do abything that anyone tells him to do-or follow any rules. I heard that for so many years it still makes my stomach hurt thinking about how arrogant he got.
Wishing you peace and continued strength. (((hugs)))
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