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Mum and Dad got divorced in Sept 07, as part of their agreement, Mum was supposed to remove all business accounts (she owns a real estate co) and transfer a car to her name by the time the decree was final. Fast forward, Mum never did that, also went ahead and fraudulently opended lines of credit in Dad's name (one right before the divorce and two after) without Dad's knowledge and is refusing to do anything about a large expensive real estate property that is in Dad's name (mortgage of $7K per month) that she purchased as part of her real estate dealings.
#1: Now Dad decided not to press any criminal charges for the lines of credit she opened or contempt charges for failing to transfer the properties as expected and tried to get the creditors etc to transfer the lines of credit, the car and the property in Mum's name. The creditors refused as Mum's credit is shot and told Dad he can start an investigation into the fraud.
Dad did not want to, as it affects the kids if Mum is prosecuted etc etc. Now Mum is late on the payments for the car, lines of credit and all these late payments have affected Dad's credit.
Dad now wants to take her to court for contempt and request the courts to force Mum to get this debt out of his name and pay restitution for the $$ incurred due to payments he had to make on some of these accounts.
My question is, since Dad engaged in #1, does he still have a leg to stand on with regard to contempt?
Mum and Dad got divorced in Sept 07, as part of their agreement, Mum was supposed to remove all business accounts (she owns a real estate co) and transfer a car to her name by the time the decree was final. Fast forward, Mum never did that, also went ahead and fraudulently opended lines of credit in Dad's name (one right before the divorce and two after) without Dad's knowledge and is refusing to do anything about a large expensive real estate property that is in Dad's name (mortgage of $7K per month) that she purchased as part of her real estate dealings.
#1: Now Dad decided not to press any criminal charges for the lines of credit she opened or contempt charges for failing to transfer the properties as expected and tried to get the creditors etc to transfer the lines of credit, the car and the property in Mum's name. The creditors refused as Mum's credit is shot and told Dad he can start an investigation into the fraud.
Dad did not want to, as it affects the kids if Mum is prosecuted etc etc. Now Mum is late on the payments for the car, lines of credit and all these late payments have affected Dad's credit.
Dad now wants to take her to court for contempt and request the courts to force Mum to get this debt out of his name and pay restitution for the $$ incurred due to payments he had to make on some of these accounts.
My question is, since Dad engaged in #1, does he still have a leg to stand on with regard to contempt?