I reside in Wisconsin. My divorce was final on Sept. 17, 2007. I moved into my own apartment on July 1, prior to the divorce. We have joint physical placement of our 14 y/o son.
Before I moved out, my then husband felt that since I used $5,000 of his workers comp settlement (for a back injury) to pay off the loan on my mini van (which we both used) I now owe him this money. The van had an expensive engine problem that we didn't want to fix, it wasn't worth it. So I sold the mini van to a neighbor for $200 and used the $5,000 to pay it off so I could get the lien holder off of the title.
I told him that I could not afford to pay him this amount, and really don't feel I owe it to him anyway. However, I agreed to keep him under my health insurance policy from work as long as I could.
I work for the federal government. Because I needed to change my address due to the divorce and needed time off for court, my HR department was aware of my divorce and my husband was no longer able to be covered under my policy. (Later I learned that to keep him on my policy after the divorce would have been considered insurance fraud). However, I sent in the documents needed to continue coverage for my ex for 3 years under a different federal health insurance policy. This will cost him about $300 per month, which he states he can't afford. He expects me to pay this because I told him I would cover his health insurance. I did not say I that exactly. I told him I would try to keep him on my policy as long as possible, but I can't afford to pay this additional amount to him for his individual policy. This was all verbal, nothing in writing. He does not get benefits through his current employer. He is 57 y/o and I am 45 y/o. I work a full time job and a part time job already to make ends meet. I did not ask for maintenance or child support from him. I can't afford to pay him this amount monthly and don't really feel I should have to. He is suppose to pay me half of our son's drum lessons, but says he can't afford that, so I pay 100% of that, plus there are other things I could ask him to pay half for, per our Marital Agreement, however, I don't bother to ask for that.
But, he says to "buy his silence", I have to pay for this insurance. He says he will tell all my family how I was "whoring around" during the marriage and how I "stole" money from his mother (his mother helped us financially while I attended college a few years ago and I was only able to work part-time). I did see someone else towards the end of our marriage, and am still seeing this person. He does not have proof of this and just suspects it. However, he does not have the right to go to my brother, my dad (who is recently widowed and not in good health), my aunts and uncles and cousins, my brother's wife and her parents, etc. and tell them all how I "screwed around" on him, does he? He says if he doesn't call them or see them face to face, he will mail them letters. He says if I pay for his health insurance, he will keep his mouth shut about my "adultry and thievery". He also speakes disparagingly about me to our teenage son, who splits his time equally between us. I heard his dad on the phone, my son held the phone away from his ear so I could hear what his dad was saying. He was saying how he was "sick of my adultery and thievery". I can only imagine what else he tells our teenage son.
He leaves me messages on my cell phone almost daily (I have no land line) and sends me letters weekly telling me how awful I've made things for him and how I have "broken our home, broken our vows, broken his heart". We were married 15 years, and I tried my best for most of those years. The last few years I just quit trying to make it work. He is a very negative, blaming personality and of course, everything was always my fault. He also has a very bad temper, and cusses and swears, still, at me and at our son. He has a Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde personality. Once when our son was little (about 2 or 3 y/o), he was pushing our son on a swing. My son got scared because the push was too high. I told my then husband not to push our child so high and he said, "fine, f*ck you both!!" and stomped away. I put up with this type of behavior for too long, but I am the one being made to look bad.
Do I have any legal recourse against him?
Thank you!
Before I moved out, my then husband felt that since I used $5,000 of his workers comp settlement (for a back injury) to pay off the loan on my mini van (which we both used) I now owe him this money. The van had an expensive engine problem that we didn't want to fix, it wasn't worth it. So I sold the mini van to a neighbor for $200 and used the $5,000 to pay it off so I could get the lien holder off of the title.
I told him that I could not afford to pay him this amount, and really don't feel I owe it to him anyway. However, I agreed to keep him under my health insurance policy from work as long as I could.
I work for the federal government. Because I needed to change my address due to the divorce and needed time off for court, my HR department was aware of my divorce and my husband was no longer able to be covered under my policy. (Later I learned that to keep him on my policy after the divorce would have been considered insurance fraud). However, I sent in the documents needed to continue coverage for my ex for 3 years under a different federal health insurance policy. This will cost him about $300 per month, which he states he can't afford. He expects me to pay this because I told him I would cover his health insurance. I did not say I that exactly. I told him I would try to keep him on my policy as long as possible, but I can't afford to pay this additional amount to him for his individual policy. This was all verbal, nothing in writing. He does not get benefits through his current employer. He is 57 y/o and I am 45 y/o. I work a full time job and a part time job already to make ends meet. I did not ask for maintenance or child support from him. I can't afford to pay him this amount monthly and don't really feel I should have to. He is suppose to pay me half of our son's drum lessons, but says he can't afford that, so I pay 100% of that, plus there are other things I could ask him to pay half for, per our Marital Agreement, however, I don't bother to ask for that.
But, he says to "buy his silence", I have to pay for this insurance. He says he will tell all my family how I was "whoring around" during the marriage and how I "stole" money from his mother (his mother helped us financially while I attended college a few years ago and I was only able to work part-time). I did see someone else towards the end of our marriage, and am still seeing this person. He does not have proof of this and just suspects it. However, he does not have the right to go to my brother, my dad (who is recently widowed and not in good health), my aunts and uncles and cousins, my brother's wife and her parents, etc. and tell them all how I "screwed around" on him, does he? He says if he doesn't call them or see them face to face, he will mail them letters. He says if I pay for his health insurance, he will keep his mouth shut about my "adultry and thievery". He also speakes disparagingly about me to our teenage son, who splits his time equally between us. I heard his dad on the phone, my son held the phone away from his ear so I could hear what his dad was saying. He was saying how he was "sick of my adultery and thievery". I can only imagine what else he tells our teenage son.
He leaves me messages on my cell phone almost daily (I have no land line) and sends me letters weekly telling me how awful I've made things for him and how I have "broken our home, broken our vows, broken his heart". We were married 15 years, and I tried my best for most of those years. The last few years I just quit trying to make it work. He is a very negative, blaming personality and of course, everything was always my fault. He also has a very bad temper, and cusses and swears, still, at me and at our son. He has a Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde personality. Once when our son was little (about 2 or 3 y/o), he was pushing our son on a swing. My son got scared because the push was too high. I told my then husband not to push our child so high and he said, "fine, f*ck you both!!" and stomped away. I put up with this type of behavior for too long, but I am the one being made to look bad.
Do I have any legal recourse against him?
Thank you!
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