Re: paying childsupport directly instead of through the cour

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On 7/24/02, carolyn wrote:
> On 1/06/01, Melissa wrote:
>> A friend of my is being sued by his ex-wife for back child
>> support which he has paid the past 10 years by check which
>> said in the memo Child Support and the pay period. THe
>> divorce decree, issue in Texas, order that child support be
>> paid thru the courts and that any checks made out to his ex-
>> wife are considered extra.
>>
>> After my friend lost his job one one year after the
>> divorse, he tried communicating with the courts and sending
>> them checks instead of having his wages garnished as he was
>> not working. His ex-wife was impatient because the courts
>> were slow and misplacing the checks. She asked him if he
>> would pay directly from then on so that she would get the
>> checks on time every two weeks. My friend agreed to that.
>> This agreement was just verbal, not formally drawn up by
>> lawyers.
>>
>> His ex-wife is in need of money, like she always has been,
>> because she is in huge debt and is re-married to a
>> uhskilled, un-educated man with two daughters. This man
>> mades only 12.00 per hour from what my friend last heard.
>>
>> Does my friend have any recourse? He has saved all 10 years
>> worth of checks to prove that he did pay child support as
>> his ex-wife requested.
>>
>> Can my friend sue her for excepting money on false
>> pretenses? Please help as this involves a lot of money.

Re: paying childsupport directly instead of through the cour, 10/16/02, by Cheryle.

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