It's All My Husband's Fault

  Sometimes, life involving The Ex is like a circus.  Case in point:   To the best of our knowledge, New Guy is no longer in the picture and The Ex is now officially dating this new guy who we'll call Ned. ( The previous blog post he was referred to as The Ex's new-new boyfriend.  We now have a nickname for him :D )  From what we've learned so far, Ned seems like an okay guy.  From what we can find, he doesn't seem to be a criminal like Boyfriend is/was, but Ned has his own baggage.   Ned was in the middle of a divorce while The Ex was having an affair with New Guy ( Who still happens to be with his wife. )  Ned and his ex-wife have one child together.  Ned somehow works with The Ex, at least from comments that Son and Daughter made in the past; according to his information online he's a manager. ( So if/when their relationship doesn't work out, it's going to be a giant mess.  I'm pretty sure that The Ex would quit or Ned would have ...

  I don't think that Husband has needed to have any contact with The Ex since the stipulation ordeal, when she mailed it back late then tried to get out of following the terms by saying she hadn't received a signed copy yet.  Other than that, no fighting or arguing - no contact at all.   This week is Husband's second summer week and Son's school year schedule starts next week, so Son is going to be here full-time from this week forward.  Son called me at almost 10pm on Saturday and asked to talk to Husband.  I said I wasn't sure where he was.  Son asked what we were doing this week; I told him we had some plans.  Son asked if he could stay with The Ex; I told him no.  He asked why; I asked if there was something going on.  He said yes.  I told him that if there was something going on that The Ex wanted to keep him for, then she needed to be the one talking to Husband about it.  Son said okay, we hung up.   Shortly after, Husb...

  Husband got the stipulation filed, the judge signed it the following day, and we got our copy in the mail that week.  After a few days, the child support website wasn't reflecting that support was suspended as of July 1st, so I called to ask about this.   Our state has redone how they handle child support questions.  You can no longer call and speak directly to your case worker.  Instead, you call and speak to a representative who tries to answer your questions to the best of their ability; if they can't, then they send a message to the case worker asking them to call you.  This could be a really good system they have in place, except for one simple fact:  the representatives are idiots who don't know anything.   A week after Husband filed the stipulation, I called to ask if the court had sent a copy to the child support agency.  "I don't know if I can discuss the case with you."  I explain that Husband has already sent over his wr...