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From Wisconsin - My husband and I were married for twenty years and have 3 children, two are still under the age of 18. Our divorce became final on August 11, 2000. All I could think about while we were divorcing was how much the attorney was costing. Neither my ex or I have much money. My ex has been in trouble with the law and has never been able to hold down a job. He is paying back restitution to one of his former employers that he stole money from (after we were separated). He is an absolutely compulsive liar. While we were married, I went back to school at night (and worked full-time in the day) to get my bachelors degree, so I do make more than he does. He pays $500 a month in child support for the two minor kids and refuses to help pay for anything beyond that. He sees our youngest son (age 11) every other weekend and only sees the 15 year old and 18 year old on occasion. Both of our minor kids are in private school and our oldest is in college. He does not help pay for any of it. In our divorce, I got all of the debt from our marriage and I got the house, which has absolutely no equity left in it (I got both mortgages, as well). My ex gets to claim the two minor kids on his tax return every year. Ever since our divorce became final, I have had many people tell me that I got "screwed" in the settlement. He should have gotten some of the bills - especially since our second mortgage was taken out just 1 1/2 years before this and it paid off credit card and other personal loan debt. Plus, I have heard that usually the parents get to take turns and claim the kids as deductions every other year. I don't have money to hire another attorney to go back to court and fight this. Is there another way? Would it be worth fighting? Is it possible that I got all the bills because the court was afraid he wouldn't pay the bills he was given? Is that fair?