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Ex-wife frequently harassing for added extras despite getting $1,500 child support per month - TEXAS

 
 
Werty79
 
Reply Wed 30 Aug, 2017 02:05 pm
State of Texas: My husband's ex-wife is the custodial parent, she has the children 54% of the time, my husband and I have them the rest of the time. She gets $1,500 child support every month, the payment has never been missed/never been late. That amount was set down by my husband's divorce lawyer which the judge agreed was right, based on my husband's high earnings.

She is making a frequent habit of doing things like texting us at 1am, harassing us and nagging about how she thinks we should be paying her more. Never a hello, a please, or a thank you, just bitchy, bossy-boots demands.

Where do we stand legally with trying to stop this? She seems to have it in her head that she can tap us for as much extra money as she fancies, when she fancies it, and that we are the unreasonable and neglectful ones for not just handing it over.

We also got some moronic abusive texts from her new boyfriend in the middle of the night telling us that ''$1,500 a month is not enough''. Apparently they are not in love and do not share a bedroom, he is just some kind of roomate that has moved into the old marital home to help her with her rent. She works a minimum wage type job yet lives in a 4 bedroom house.

Any advice on how we should try to nip this in the bud? Or some piece of info/law about why this is wrong and needs to stop? Thank you.


 
jespah
 
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Reply Wed 30 Aug, 2017 02:12 pm
@Werty79,
Get your lawyer back on the phone and get the whole agreement opened back up. Keep the texts and print them out and bring them (or email them) to your husband's lawyer. Get it in writing that they are being greedy.
Linkat
 
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Reply Wed 30 Aug, 2017 02:30 pm
@jespah,
Listen to wise jespah - they only way to deal with this is to talk with the lawyer and like she said keep a copy of all the texts and anything else you might have.
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maxdancona
 
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Reply Wed 30 Aug, 2017 02:30 pm
@Werty79,
1) Block the texts.
2) If the texts cross a line to being truly abusive, get a restraining order.

You are right. They are wrong. Don't worry.

If the judge has set a number for child support, then there is nothing to worry about. That is why we have judges. Case closed.

Your husband's ex-wife can reopen the case, but unless there has been a substantial change in circumstances (like your husband getting a big raise) there is little chance this will work. And... judge's get annoyed by people who open cases that don't have any merit. And if this ever does go to court, these texts will be very nice evidence to show the judge that you are the more reasonable side.

If your husband's ex-wife felt she had any legal leg to stand on (and she almost certainly doesn't) you would be getting a proper letter from her lawyer that will explain the case. If this happens, your husband should go back to his lawyer and figure out the next steps. But the abusive texts are a sign that they know they have nothing.

There is no reason to worry about abusive texts, nor is there any reason to respond. If they bother you... get a restraining order. I usually agree with Jespah. In this case, I don't think it is even worth getting a lawyer, unless this woman actually makes a legal filing.



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PUNKEY
 
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Reply Thu 31 Aug, 2017 05:14 am
Where I live, ex spouses can file a "show cause" hearing to increase or decrease the child support amount. She should tell her lawyer or petition family court to do this.

Bring copies of all these harassing texts to any hearing.

Are things OK in her home? That kind of behavior indicates drinking or that something's off.
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