I live in California, but the divorce took place in Texas. My ex has multiple violations against the decree, and I need to file contempt on her. I have searched the internet for a blank form for me to use to file, but I couldn't find anything without paying for it. I'm currently unemployed, so cost is I'd like to avoid.
Here's the situation:
A month ago, my ex informed me that she could not pay for her cell phone until she received my child support check. Without a phone, I couldn't talk to my kids. It is completely her responsibility to provide me access to my kids. And for the record, my child support is current. Now, even though my child support has gone through a few weeks ago, I still have not talked to my kids through her phone. The last couple weeks, I was able to talk to my kids when they were over my mom's house. I also learned that she has a "work" phone, which she uses to contact people that she needs to talk to, just like a regular cell phone, but she refuses to give me this number. If you have a cell phone that you call my mom to see if she can watch the kids, then that is NOT a work phone. Her other phone still functions, she just powers it off so I can't call or text, and she only turns it on to send me a quick text when she needs something (like money for the kids' medical copays), but then turns it off immediately again before I can call or reply. Also, her voice mailbox for the phone number I do have is full, so I can't leave any more messages (as if she is checking them anyway). She claims that she will let the kids use her phone when they want to talk...but in the last month, that has conveniently been zero times. I'm sure she has everything to do with that. When they are at my mom's house, they ask every time to talk to me.
Any legal advice that you can give me would be extremely helpful, and if you have a contempt of court form that you can send me, or know of one online, I would greatly appreciate it.
Another thing, if I file contempt, does it have to go through the same court as my divorce decree, or can I file here in California?
Here's the situation:
A month ago, my ex informed me that she could not pay for her cell phone until she received my child support check. Without a phone, I couldn't talk to my kids. It is completely her responsibility to provide me access to my kids. And for the record, my child support is current. Now, even though my child support has gone through a few weeks ago, I still have not talked to my kids through her phone. The last couple weeks, I was able to talk to my kids when they were over my mom's house. I also learned that she has a "work" phone, which she uses to contact people that she needs to talk to, just like a regular cell phone, but she refuses to give me this number. If you have a cell phone that you call my mom to see if she can watch the kids, then that is NOT a work phone. Her other phone still functions, she just powers it off so I can't call or text, and she only turns it on to send me a quick text when she needs something (like money for the kids' medical copays), but then turns it off immediately again before I can call or reply. Also, her voice mailbox for the phone number I do have is full, so I can't leave any more messages (as if she is checking them anyway). She claims that she will let the kids use her phone when they want to talk...but in the last month, that has conveniently been zero times. I'm sure she has everything to do with that. When they are at my mom's house, they ask every time to talk to me.
Any legal advice that you can give me would be extremely helpful, and if you have a contempt of court form that you can send me, or know of one online, I would greatly appreciate it.
Another thing, if I file contempt, does it have to go through the same court as my divorce decree, or can I file here in California?