Husband Flees to Korea

[BullyMom42]

****Virginia****

My parents are divorcing after 30 years of marriage. My Father has fled to Seoul, Korea where his girlfriend is (civil service) to avoid the support order that was entered right before he left. He was served the papers and never showed up to court.

He has no intention of following the court order thinking he is untouchable over there. He wants the marital home to go into foreclosure even though he is mandated to pay the mortgages per the Order. He is retired Army and recently retired early (voluntarily) from Civil Service with the Army.

What can I do to enforce the Order in Korea. We contacted the JAG in our area who told us because he was a civilian they couldnt do anything. Would the military installation frown upon him doing this?

[Proserpina]

Originally Posted by BullyMom42

****Virginia****

My parents are divorcing after 30 years of marriage. My Father has fled to Seoul, Korea where his girlfriend is (civil service) to avoid the support order that was entered right before he left. He was served the papers and never showed up to court.

He has no intention of following the court order thinking he is untouchable over there. He wants the marital home to go into foreclosure even though he is mandated to pay the mortgages per the Order. He is retired Army and recently retired early (voluntarily) from Civil Service with the Army.

What can I do to enforce the Order in Korea. We contacted the JAG in our area who told us because he was a civilian they couldnt do anything. Would the military installation frown upon him doing this?

You can't.

You have no standing here; if Mom wants to try and enforce the order, she can try and do so, but the odds of Korea enforcing the order are slim - though not absolutely impossible. Mom needs to speak with an attorney.

[BullyMom42]

Ok, so basically I'm trying to help my mother. She doesn't have any kind of resources to do it all with an attorney or we would be doing so. She makes $700 dollars a month and if she is going to try to make the $1400 mortgage payments she won't be able to anything other than that.

For some reason I am having a hard time wrapping my head around a Retired Military person abandoning his wife for 30 years, who sacrificed her life and career to support his career, and fleeing to a Foreign Country on another Military Installation and nothing being able to be done about it.

Now im not trying to be a wise one but I don't understanad the concept of a Legal Advice forum to be told to contact an attorney. I'm trying to alleviate the costs as much as possible and if I know which direction to go in it would be a big help.

Thanks

[bobdobalina]

Wow. I'm not sure why Dogmatique does this for free, considering how ungrateful nearly everybody is when they don't get the answer they want to hear.

[BullyMom42]

I said before and still mean that I was not trying to be a wise #$%. Its not that "I got n answer I didn't want to hear" at all. I will be the first one to post about how how great it is that someone helped me. I just need an idea of what the process would be.

[Blue Meanie]

Originally Posted by BullyMom42

I said before and still mean that I was not trying to be a wise #$%. Its not that "I got n answer I didn't want to hear" at all. I will be the first one to post about how how great it is that someone helped me. I just need an idea of what the process would be.

Your mother needs to consult with a Family Law Attorney or a (perhaps) Military Law Attorney to help her resolve this matter. I don't know what can be done, but, like you, I have a hard time believing that the courts can't enforce a Judgment against a person living on an AMERICAN BASE. I just do.

You might want to try posting this in the Military Law Forum and see if one of our members there can assist you.

[Proserpina]

[url]http://www.dfas.mil/garnishment/military/factsheet.html[/url]

OP - read this, show it to Mom.