The Stipulation
After the court hearing in February, Attorney 4 emailed Our Attorney and said that The Ex was willing to sign a stipulation so we wouldn't have to go back to court over child support. Attorney 4 also asked for copies of all of the variable expenses so that she could discuss them with The Ex. Attorney 4 said that The Ex was "concerned" about certain variable expenses: Son's contacts and the kids' tuition. Attorney 4 said The Ex had emailed Husband saying she couldn't afford contacts for Son. Attorney 4 said that school choice was not a joint decision, Husband never asked The Ex to help pay tuition before, and that The Ex "cannot afford to make lump sum payments on tuition."
I emailed back and said that Son's eye prescription had changed and he was not able to use his old glasses - since he was in tackle football, contact lenses made more sense and Son's contacts were cheaper than Daughter's glasses that had been purchased only 6 months before that. I told Attorney 4 that the initial school decision was left solely to Husband but the court order from 2010 read that both parties agreed that the kids would continue to attend their school. (I don't know why she didn't check that before sending an email. She looks like a total dumbass now.) I also told her that Husband would like support to be increased beginning on February 1, since The Ex had been working full time since January 7th (Yes, we could have asked for it to go all the way back but we were trying to meet them halfway. We figured if we split the difference, they'd be more willing to sign the stipulation and we could all move on.) Attorney 4 did not reply.
The next day, I sent another email to Attorney 4 with all of the receipts for variable expenses and medical bills attached. Attorney 4 still did not reply.
Two days later, I sent Attorney 4 an email with two attachments: Son's old eye prescription and his new eye prescription. I explained that it was a medical necessity for him to get new corrective eyewear, not something that Husband just opted to do and The Ex needed to pay for her half of it. Again, Attorney 4 said nothing.
Five days later, I emailed and asked what the status of the stipulation was. Attorney 4 ignored me.
Four days later, I emailed again and asked about the status of the stipulation. I told Attorney 4 that if The Ex was no longer going to agree to sign a stipulation, she should let us know as soon as possible so we could obtain a court date. You think we heard anything back?
A week later, I talked to Our Attorney. She said to draft a stipulation and send it to Attorney 4; maybe she wasn't getting paid by The Ex so she didn't want to be the one to spend the time and energy writing anything. I typed up the stipulation, emailed it to Attorney 4.
Four days later, Husband sends The Ex an email and asks what's going on with the stipulation. The Ex emails back the next day and says she is going to talk to Attorney 4 about child support that week.
Three days later, Husband sends another email and asks what's going on; he'd like to know if she's going to agree to it or not. The Ex did not answer (The court order we just signed and entered stated that both parties will check their email daily, will acknowledge correspondence within 24 hours and will answer any questions in 48 hours of them being asked. So this was the first violation of the court order)
Four days later, Our Attorney calls Attorney 4's office and asks where we're at with the stipulation. Our Attorney tells them that Husband is ready to file a motion if this doesn't get resolved. They say that The Ex is coming in on Friday to sign the stipulation we sent over.
Six days later, a legal assistant emails Our Attorney and says that she faxed over the stipulation and wrote "No Hard Copy" on it, only to realize that we're going to need the hard copy to file in the court; the assistant says she'll put the signed stipulation in the mail later that day.
Remember how I told Attorney 4 back in February that Husband wanted support to increase dated February 1st? Someone (Either The Ex or Attorney 4) crossed out the word "February" and wrote "April" on the stipulation; then The Ex signed it and Attorney 4 mailed it to Our Attorney. She's had a full time job since January 7th, but thinks she should only have to pay child support based on that income starting on April 1st of this year. Do you know what the difference would be if it started February 1st? $126.52. The Ex doesn't want to pay one hundred twenty-six dollars and fifty-two cents to support her children.
We went to court and filed to have support modified, requested that it be back-dated to begin on the date that The Ex started working full-time, requested that The Ex be found in contempt for not paying her share of variable expenses and uninsured medical bills, and requested that the court add the balance for variables to The Ex's child support obligation or that they order her to make a monthly payment to Husband. It will literally cost The Ex more than $126.52 to have her lawyer show up to represent her in court.
I don't think she realizes what an absolute idiot she is to even try and play games like this. I hope she opens her eyes someday and stops, because all of her efforts to spite Husband just end up as her screwing over Son and Daughter.
I emailed back and said that Son's eye prescription had changed and he was not able to use his old glasses - since he was in tackle football, contact lenses made more sense and Son's contacts were cheaper than Daughter's glasses that had been purchased only 6 months before that. I told Attorney 4 that the initial school decision was left solely to Husband but the court order from 2010 read that both parties agreed that the kids would continue to attend their school. (I don't know why she didn't check that before sending an email. She looks like a total dumbass now.) I also told her that Husband would like support to be increased beginning on February 1, since The Ex had been working full time since January 7th (Yes, we could have asked for it to go all the way back but we were trying to meet them halfway. We figured if we split the difference, they'd be more willing to sign the stipulation and we could all move on.) Attorney 4 did not reply.
The next day, I sent another email to Attorney 4 with all of the receipts for variable expenses and medical bills attached. Attorney 4 still did not reply.
Two days later, I sent Attorney 4 an email with two attachments: Son's old eye prescription and his new eye prescription. I explained that it was a medical necessity for him to get new corrective eyewear, not something that Husband just opted to do and The Ex needed to pay for her half of it. Again, Attorney 4 said nothing.
Five days later, I emailed and asked what the status of the stipulation was. Attorney 4 ignored me.
Four days later, I emailed again and asked about the status of the stipulation. I told Attorney 4 that if The Ex was no longer going to agree to sign a stipulation, she should let us know as soon as possible so we could obtain a court date. You think we heard anything back?
A week later, I talked to Our Attorney. She said to draft a stipulation and send it to Attorney 4; maybe she wasn't getting paid by The Ex so she didn't want to be the one to spend the time and energy writing anything. I typed up the stipulation, emailed it to Attorney 4.
Four days later, Husband sends The Ex an email and asks what's going on with the stipulation. The Ex emails back the next day and says she is going to talk to Attorney 4 about child support that week.
Three days later, Husband sends another email and asks what's going on; he'd like to know if she's going to agree to it or not. The Ex did not answer (The court order we just signed and entered stated that both parties will check their email daily, will acknowledge correspondence within 24 hours and will answer any questions in 48 hours of them being asked. So this was the first violation of the court order)
Four days later, Our Attorney calls Attorney 4's office and asks where we're at with the stipulation. Our Attorney tells them that Husband is ready to file a motion if this doesn't get resolved. They say that The Ex is coming in on Friday to sign the stipulation we sent over.
Six days later, a legal assistant emails Our Attorney and says that she faxed over the stipulation and wrote "No Hard Copy" on it, only to realize that we're going to need the hard copy to file in the court; the assistant says she'll put the signed stipulation in the mail later that day.
Remember how I told Attorney 4 back in February that Husband wanted support to increase dated February 1st? Someone (Either The Ex or Attorney 4) crossed out the word "February" and wrote "April" on the stipulation; then The Ex signed it and Attorney 4 mailed it to Our Attorney. She's had a full time job since January 7th, but thinks she should only have to pay child support based on that income starting on April 1st of this year. Do you know what the difference would be if it started February 1st? $126.52. The Ex doesn't want to pay one hundred twenty-six dollars and fifty-two cents to support her children.
We went to court and filed to have support modified, requested that it be back-dated to begin on the date that The Ex started working full-time, requested that The Ex be found in contempt for not paying her share of variable expenses and uninsured medical bills, and requested that the court add the balance for variables to The Ex's child support obligation or that they order her to make a monthly payment to Husband. It will literally cost The Ex more than $126.52 to have her lawyer show up to represent her in court.
I don't think she realizes what an absolute idiot she is to even try and play games like this. I hope she opens her eyes someday and stops, because all of her efforts to spite Husband just end up as her screwing over Son and Daughter.
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