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A friend of mine is in the middle of a rough situation, does anyone have an opinion about this ? Here's the details.
The state is Massachusetts. They've been married 14 yrs., two children 10 and 13 yrs old.
They've been legal seperated for one year and have an agreement such that he is legally bound to give her support payments of $188 a week and is responsible for the mortgage on their condominium, mortgage payments are $573 per month including the condo fee. She brings home about $250 a week while his take home is around $2800 per month. To finalize the divorce, he wants his half of the condominium and some other material items, she would like to pay him off and be done with it. He has and continues to handle the situation crudely and essentially threatened her on numerous occasions that he'll stop the support payments if he doesn't get what he wants. She is not able to give him his half of the condominium (about $30000) due to her low income. She is quite overtaken by him and will avoid doing anything that may create a verbal or physical confrontation. He has abused his visitation priviledges by coming and going with the children as he pleases, or when it's convenient for him. She does nothing to counter his behavior since she does not want to upset him. During their last discussion, he stated that he was probably going to quit one of his part-time jobs which which could create a lower support payment and virtually make her situation unliveable. I've mentioned to her that she should garnish his wages. However, she's concerned that this would really anger him and besides, he could make extra money under the table, go to court and say he can't meet his present support agreement. This guy is really punishing her and will have the condominium sold if that's what it takes to get his money. The house is the most important issue here and technically, he could sell it and force her somewhere else if he wanted too. What is the best possible scenario for her to pursue ? She wants and desperately needs the house for her and the children.
Thanks
A friend of mine is in the middle of a rough situation, does anyone have an opinion about this ? Here's the details.
The state is Massachusetts. They've been married 14 yrs., two children 10 and 13 yrs old.
They've been legal seperated for one year and have an agreement such that he is legally bound to give her support payments of $188 a week and is responsible for the mortgage on their condominium, mortgage payments are $573 per month including the condo fee. She brings home about $250 a week while his take home is around $2800 per month. To finalize the divorce, he wants his half of the condominium and some other material items, she would like to pay him off and be done with it. He has and continues to handle the situation crudely and essentially threatened her on numerous occasions that he'll stop the support payments if he doesn't get what he wants. She is not able to give him his half of the condominium (about $30000) due to her low income. She is quite overtaken by him and will avoid doing anything that may create a verbal or physical confrontation. He has abused his visitation priviledges by coming and going with the children as he pleases, or when it's convenient for him. She does nothing to counter his behavior since she does not want to upset him. During their last discussion, he stated that he was probably going to quit one of his part-time jobs which which could create a lower support payment and virtually make her situation unliveable. I've mentioned to her that she should garnish his wages. However, she's concerned that this would really anger him and besides, he could make extra money under the table, go to court and say he can't meet his present support agreement. This guy is really punishing her and will have the condominium sold if that's what it takes to get his money. The house is the most important issue here and technically, he could sell it and force her somewhere else if he wanted too. What is the best possible scenario for her to pursue ? She wants and desperately needs the house for her and the children.
Thanks