Of COURSE she isn't.

  Husband had sent a message to The Ex at the end of September; part of the message was to give her an update as to what she owes him for medical bills for both Son and Daughter.  The Ex read the message, replied to it but didn't say anything about the balance.

  Husband sent another message Monday morning with another receipt for medical bills and gave her another updated balance.  Husband asked The Ex to please try to make a payment in the near future, because the court order was that the bills would be repaid in 30 days but the oldest bill was now 2 years old.  Husband stated he had applied a $1 payment from her in September and that the last payment he had gotten before that was in March.

  Eight minutes later: (This is astoundingly quick for someone who doesn't "have a proper phone" which makes it "very difficult to her respond to Husband's messages.")

"I haven't worked in a month.  (Of course she hasn't.  She had a secure, full-time job with benefits that she got fired from intentionally so that she could get out of paying child support.  Then she was going to go "back to school" but that never developed into anything.  Then she got a part-time job only after she exhausted her unemployment benefits.  Then she got another full-time job only because she was ordered to do so by the judge; she was able to get benefits, but she decided she didn't want to be with Boyfriend so she quit that job and moved away.  Then she got another job working with Ned, except now she hasn't worked in a month.)  I recently had surgery. (Yeah, you told us.  This has nothing to do with Son or Daughter.)  I'll be returning to work after the holidays. (I realize everyone's body is different, but this is literally twice the typical recovery time for someone who has this particular procedure done.) As soon as I can, I'll start making payments. (Someday, I am going to go back through the emails and messages she's sent, count how many times she said she'll make a payment "soon," and then look how long it took her to actually make said payment.  I know for a fact that she once said she was going to try to make a payment within 2 weeks on Son's hospital bill; she never paid a penny toward it.) What is everything on the [balance amount]?"

  Husband replied and explained what made up the balance, including the court ordered interest; he also pointed out that most of the bills were from before she had surgery.  As in, "You knew about the bills long before you had surgery and chose not to pay for them.  Stop trying to make everyone feel bad for you."

  But now just this morning, it got really fun.