What is the name of your state? Tennessee
In the initial decree, my ex had to pay 130. per wk. After one yr. he agreed to pay 155. per wk. due to wage increases and to avoid paying attorney fees for both of us . STUPID ME! We did not file it with the court system, now that he is over 2000. in arrearage, the state will not go after this arrearage, because they say he is not in arrearage because the order is for 130. per wk. only. They will however garnish his wages for 130. per week. Also, the order stated he had to provide medical insurance or pay me for what I had to pay for insurance with my job. He was also to pay for half of all medical bills and half for all extra curricular activities. Yeah right! I have gotten maybe 100. over the past eight years... Anyway, he is now mad that they are garnishing his wages and he says he will go to court to have his child support reduced and he never got to claim either child on taxes, so he will go back and get reimbursed for that. The divorce decree did not state that he could claim one of the children at any point. Also, he does not get the children every other weekend, or the three weeks he should have them for vacation. In fact, for the past two yrs. he has had them overnight 7 times at the very most! Is he crazy or am I to think he can actually be relieved of the nearly 2000.00 he is now in arrearage? Will I need to hire an attorney to get this arrearage, since the state shows he is actually not in arrearage?
In the initial decree, my ex had to pay 130. per wk. After one yr. he agreed to pay 155. per wk. due to wage increases and to avoid paying attorney fees for both of us . STUPID ME! We did not file it with the court system, now that he is over 2000. in arrearage, the state will not go after this arrearage, because they say he is not in arrearage because the order is for 130. per wk. only. They will however garnish his wages for 130. per week. Also, the order stated he had to provide medical insurance or pay me for what I had to pay for insurance with my job. He was also to pay for half of all medical bills and half for all extra curricular activities. Yeah right! I have gotten maybe 100. over the past eight years... Anyway, he is now mad that they are garnishing his wages and he says he will go to court to have his child support reduced and he never got to claim either child on taxes, so he will go back and get reimbursed for that. The divorce decree did not state that he could claim one of the children at any point. Also, he does not get the children every other weekend, or the three weeks he should have them for vacation. In fact, for the past two yrs. he has had them overnight 7 times at the very most! Is he crazy or am I to think he can actually be relieved of the nearly 2000.00 he is now in arrearage? Will I need to hire an attorney to get this arrearage, since the state shows he is actually not in arrearage?