I am struggling with this decision. Hope some of you who have been in my shoes can give me your perspective and opinion.
You can read my other strings if you want to know all the particulars but the short story is this: wife is a walk away, we had agreed to shared parenting and I was supposed to pay $450/month CS. Six weeks after the dissolution was final, WAW moved 150 miles away with new boyfriend leaving kids with me.
After she left, I became the residential parent of my 2 kids, yet it took 4 months for the CS to be stopped. So I had the kids, paid for all of their expenses, plus paid CS for 4 months even though WAW didn't have the kids. When all was said and done, I ended up with the kids and the house; she has visitation 2 weekends per month. I now pay no child support or alimony. I was ordered to pay a $7500 unsecured household loan, she was ordered to pay $3K in credit card debt. She also gets a $34K payout from my pension when I retire in 19 years.
My attorney and I figured that WAW would never repay the 4 months of CS (about $1800), but we wrote into the amended agreement that she was supposed to pay $150/month until it was repaid and gave her a year to repay it beginning in October 2013. WAW has missed every payment, I haven't received a single penny of the $1800 he owes.
I haven't spoke or seen the WAW since May 2013. I emailed her in November 2013 asking when she was going to begin payments and she never responded. She also hasn't responded to pay her share of school fees and driver's education fees for the kids, both which I paid. In total she owes me about $2000.
So my question is this, do you think the $2K that she owes is enough to go after her in a contempt of court charge? My attorney charges $168/hour, I am finally moving on from the shock and emotions of the divorce, but that $2K would really be nice to put towards that $7500 loan I am trying to pay off.
Should I go after her on this or is this just me trying to hold on to her? I had finally paid off my legal fees, and had began to put my finances in order...I'm trying to decide if this is worth it or just move on and figure this is the last money she will ever get from me. That doesn't seem right or fair though. What are your thoughts?
You can read my other strings if you want to know all the particulars but the short story is this: wife is a walk away, we had agreed to shared parenting and I was supposed to pay $450/month CS. Six weeks after the dissolution was final, WAW moved 150 miles away with new boyfriend leaving kids with me.
After she left, I became the residential parent of my 2 kids, yet it took 4 months for the CS to be stopped. So I had the kids, paid for all of their expenses, plus paid CS for 4 months even though WAW didn't have the kids. When all was said and done, I ended up with the kids and the house; she has visitation 2 weekends per month. I now pay no child support or alimony. I was ordered to pay a $7500 unsecured household loan, she was ordered to pay $3K in credit card debt. She also gets a $34K payout from my pension when I retire in 19 years.
My attorney and I figured that WAW would never repay the 4 months of CS (about $1800), but we wrote into the amended agreement that she was supposed to pay $150/month until it was repaid and gave her a year to repay it beginning in October 2013. WAW has missed every payment, I haven't received a single penny of the $1800 he owes.
I haven't spoke or seen the WAW since May 2013. I emailed her in November 2013 asking when she was going to begin payments and she never responded. She also hasn't responded to pay her share of school fees and driver's education fees for the kids, both which I paid. In total she owes me about $2000.
So my question is this, do you think the $2K that she owes is enough to go after her in a contempt of court charge? My attorney charges $168/hour, I am finally moving on from the shock and emotions of the divorce, but that $2K would really be nice to put towards that $7500 loan I am trying to pay off.
Should I go after her on this or is this just me trying to hold on to her? I had finally paid off my legal fees, and had began to put my finances in order...I'm trying to decide if this is worth it or just move on and figure this is the last money she will ever get from me. That doesn't seem right or fair though. What are your thoughts?
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