Re: paying childsupport directly instead of through the cour

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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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