Sunnydi5924
Junior Member
Ohio:
My ex-husband was fired by his employer in July 2001 and then filed a wrongful termination suit against his employer.
Child support arrears accumulated to 18K by 08/2002 when we came to a settlement agreement via the courts. The settlement agreement was vaguely written after a full day's hearing. My ex's Attorney wrote up the judgment entry which my Attorney signed without reviewing as it had the arrearage total at 11K and not the 18K on 09/2002. It took until 06/2006 for the Ohio Court of Appeals to uphold the 60B ruling in favor of the 18K.
My ex was to have paid this arrears with the settlement he received from his wrongful termination "AT THE TIME OF DISBURSEMENT" He received his settlement September 2002. He did not pay the arrearage and has since spent the entire $500,000.00.
The Magistrate ruled he must pay $163.00 per month with no interest, penalties until paid. This is not enough to cover the 2nd mortgage I had to take out for bills and I requested my Attorney to appeal. He did not appeal and claims I didn't ask him to.
Do I have any legal recourse here against my former Attorney for signing the wrong agreement and therefore loosing the lump sum payment of child support arrears? Do I have any recourse that he failed to appeal the Magistrate's ruling 10/2006 regarding how the child support would be paid?
Our relationship terminated January 2007.
My ex-husband was fired by his employer in July 2001 and then filed a wrongful termination suit against his employer.
Child support arrears accumulated to 18K by 08/2002 when we came to a settlement agreement via the courts. The settlement agreement was vaguely written after a full day's hearing. My ex's Attorney wrote up the judgment entry which my Attorney signed without reviewing as it had the arrearage total at 11K and not the 18K on 09/2002. It took until 06/2006 for the Ohio Court of Appeals to uphold the 60B ruling in favor of the 18K.
My ex was to have paid this arrears with the settlement he received from his wrongful termination "AT THE TIME OF DISBURSEMENT" He received his settlement September 2002. He did not pay the arrearage and has since spent the entire $500,000.00.
The Magistrate ruled he must pay $163.00 per month with no interest, penalties until paid. This is not enough to cover the 2nd mortgage I had to take out for bills and I requested my Attorney to appeal. He did not appeal and claims I didn't ask him to.
Do I have any legal recourse here against my former Attorney for signing the wrong agreement and therefore loosing the lump sum payment of child support arrears? Do I have any recourse that he failed to appeal the Magistrate's ruling 10/2006 regarding how the child support would be paid?
Our relationship terminated January 2007.