What is the name of your state?Missouri
My ex-husband filed contempt of court on me after we had been divorced one year. I had to pay him $20,000 dollars to keep my house and be done with the divorce. I only had 19,000 and was in the last stages of refinancing my home when I discovered a lein on the house. After asking him to sign a lein release, and he refused, I offered him the 19,000 that I had and told him I would pay the remaining 1000 after the house was re-financed. He then signed a Satisfaction of Judgement for the full 20,000. Within a month of the re-finance I was still short the 1000. I borrowed the money from my mother, put it in an envelope, and placed it in his mailbox. My ex and I had not spoken a word to each other in over a year. I had always spoke to my or his attorney. I was not going to call him about leaving the money. I knew he would find it. After a year, I received papers from his attorney where they had filed contempt charges on me for not paying the remaining thousand. His attorney is trying to say that we had a contract but I never signed anything or even admitted anything. I was trying to get the house re-done in the time allotted on the decree and he refused to sign the lein. I admit it was stupid to pay in cash but I was trying to get it over with as soon as possible. My question is, does he even have a contempt case on me because of the signed Satisfaction of Judgment for the full 20,000? Is it true a Satisfaction of Judgement means that everything is taken care of and I am no longer liable for anything? Please help. Thanks.
My ex-husband filed contempt of court on me after we had been divorced one year. I had to pay him $20,000 dollars to keep my house and be done with the divorce. I only had 19,000 and was in the last stages of refinancing my home when I discovered a lein on the house. After asking him to sign a lein release, and he refused, I offered him the 19,000 that I had and told him I would pay the remaining 1000 after the house was re-financed. He then signed a Satisfaction of Judgement for the full 20,000. Within a month of the re-finance I was still short the 1000. I borrowed the money from my mother, put it in an envelope, and placed it in his mailbox. My ex and I had not spoken a word to each other in over a year. I had always spoke to my or his attorney. I was not going to call him about leaving the money. I knew he would find it. After a year, I received papers from his attorney where they had filed contempt charges on me for not paying the remaining thousand. His attorney is trying to say that we had a contract but I never signed anything or even admitted anything. I was trying to get the house re-done in the time allotted on the decree and he refused to sign the lein. I admit it was stupid to pay in cash but I was trying to get it over with as soon as possible. My question is, does he even have a contempt case on me because of the signed Satisfaction of Judgment for the full 20,000? Is it true a Satisfaction of Judgement means that everything is taken care of and I am no longer liable for anything? Please help. Thanks.
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