What happens if your ex spouse fails to show up?
What happens if your ex spouse fails to show up?
If your ex-spouse fails to show up that day, a warrant of arrest will be issued against him/her. If you fail to show up that day, your application will be struck out.
What to do if your spouse refuses to provide financial information?
If your spouse still refuses to produce financial information after the court has issued an order compelling your spouse to do so, you can ask the court to hold your spouse in “contempt,” meaning that your spouse has violated a court order.
What happens if your ex spouse does not comply with a court order?
Most likely, you and your ex-spouse have reached a mutually-agreed Marital Settlement Agreement. Or your case has gone to trial and a judge has issued an order settling those issues. Now, months or even years after the divorce decree was entered, your ex-spouse is not complying with the terms of the agreement or court order.
What happens in court if your ex-spouse does not provide maintenance?
A summary of what happens in court after that is as follows: If your ex-spouse shows up in court, a court officer will read your application to your ex-spouse. If your ex-spouse agrees to your application, the court can record a consent order (i.e. a court order confirming what the parties have agreed to).
How to prove your ex lied on the financial affidavit for?
You will need to analyze and see what income and debts your ex has reported. You should have been served with a copy of the affidavit. However, if you can’t find your copy, then go to the court and ask the court clerk for a copy. Have your case number available.
How can I get a copy of my Ex’s affidavit?
You will need to analyze and see what income and debts your ex has reported. You should have been served with a copy of the affidavit. However, if you can’t find your copy, then go to the court and ask the court clerk for a copy. Have your case number available.
Why does my ex husband not pay child support?
It could be the single most infuriating and problematic issue a divorced woman has to face: a settlement agreement is reached, and yet she never receives her court-ordered spousal and/or child support. Or maybe her ex-husband makes a few payments, or a few partial payments, and then the checks stop coming altogether.
What happens if an ex spouse violates the divorce decree?
The ex-spouse who violates the terms of the divorce decree without approaching the court for modification is in contempt of the court (which means the individual is guilty of disobedience to the courts). The court that issued the decree has the power to enforce all aspects of the divorce decree.