Conference quokka::non_custodial_parents

134.0. "READ the fine print." by CSC32::LECOMPTE (MARANATHA!) Wed May 29 1991 22:31

    This was accidently posted as 133.2.  I wanted to start a new note.
    I need help/advice ASAP.
    
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CSC32::LECOMPTE "MARANATHA!"                         48 lines  29-MAY-1991 00:00
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    	I know I'm the one that messed up but is there any hope for me 
    now?  
    
    	I went to court against my ex back in Feb.  She wanted more money
    I wanted a clearer statement about visitation.  She also wanted over
    $2000 in child support back dated to the date that she originally filed
    for more money.
    
    	The good news is that she didn't get the $2000+ in back child
    support.  The bad news is she got a $225 increase.  She also snuck in
    a clause that says effective May 1, 1991 that I would start paying her
    the child support 'lump sum' at the beginning of the month, due no
    later then the 5th.  I did not notice this in the agreement.  Well May
    has pretty much come and gone and she calls me up on Memorial day to 
    jog my memory.  I told her that I didn't realize that she had put that 
    in the agreement and said that I could fix it however she wanted.  I 
    really can't come up with the $675 but would do what it takes to keep
    my wages from being garnished.   I asked her to give me to AUGUST to
    get it arranged and she walked off and didn't say anything more about
    it.  I called her later and asked her how she wanted me to fix it and 
    she said that she hadn't decided.  
    
    	What I need now is advice.  I could probably come up with the $675
    from our vacation spending money.  That would really screw with the
    vacation and we would probably have to charge everything (and we just
    consolidated our bills to get rid of the credit cards).  The other
    thing is we are trying to buy a house and will need between $350 & $800
    to close on the house.  I'm sure that the house is what tripped all
    this off.  Everytime we do something to make our lives better (when we
    rented a larger house and bought a mini-van) she comes after us and 
    starts harassing us again.
    
    	Since she took no immediate action do I have any kind of a case
    that it must not have been that big an issue with her or she would 
    have contacted me sooner?  If she tries to garnish my wages can I go
    back on her since she refused to let me make it right?  I think what
    I need to do is make sure that the $675 is in there on June 1 and then
    I will be on more firm footing.
    
    	Also it was agreed that I would give her written notification of my
    plans on summer visitation and any changes from what was agreed on no 
    later then May 1 (or something like that)  I gave her notice back in
    Feb or March that we would be out of state and the boys would not be
    available for her weekend around fathers day.  NOw she says that she 
    hasn't decided if that is ok yet?
    
    

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>    	Since she took no immediate action do I have any kind of a case
>    that it must not have been that big an issue with her or she would 
>    have contacted me sooner?
    
    Don't quote me on this, but I seem to recall seeing reading in
    C.R.S. (Colorado Revised Statutes) that your wages can only be 
    garnished if you are more than 2 months in arears.  Check it out
    though.  Somewhere around 14-10-115.
    
    >  If she tries to garnish my wages can I go back on her since 
       she refused to let me make it right? 
    
       I wouldn't count on it.
    

    Thats a point to be made in N.H. too! If DHS, (dept of (in)human
    services) attachs your wadges for no reason, you can fight them and
    sometimes sue the pants off them for messing with your pay! I know a
    gentleman who is working on that right now! He was taken to court by
    DHS because he was unemployed, his daughter had $60K in the bank that
    he left her from an inheritance, and DHS was colecting for he had in 
    his final that he would pay for college! And DHS stepped across the
    line! WOW! Me thinks that there is some re-shuffeling in the department
    of (dis)human services!:)

    
    
    Hi
    
    John just fought having a request to have his wages garnished and
    won in Mass.  He proved to the judge that he had been paying support
    on a regular basis, and the judge did not see any reason to garnish
    his wages.  However, the person from DSS basically stated that
    John had no choice, and she had all of the paperwork filled out before
    the judge even heard the case.  So I guess it depends on which judge
    you get and what mood they are in!!
    
    Michele

    File a suit agianst the goofs. And smile, cause its going to cost some
    slob a job! :)

    I checked ont he law for garnishment.  Can't remember the exact number,
    but basically states that in Colo. your wages can be attached if
    
    1) the obligee (you) ask for it.
    2) you agree to it at the time of divorce
    3) You are *1* payment late.
    
    fred();