From: BLK13 on
I met my boyfriend while he was going through a divorce, or so it seemed at
the time. He had filed against his ex in Dec. of 2007. She lives in TN and
he moved in with his mother in PA. He was only married to her for less then 2
years. His lawyer ended up stealing his money and not doing the work that was
promised. We have been waiting 8 months for the divorce to start. When he
left, he didn't take anything with him, but for the past 8 months he has
tried to go down to retrieve his personal belongings and she wouldn't let him
come down. What was left was more then clothes, such things as his 5 purple
hearts and military metals plus possesions from his late father are being
held against his will. His old lawyer also told him not to go down. He
called the police department and asked if he could have an escort so there
wouldn't be any signs of trouble and they said no. They have a daughter
together that is just a year old. He has been sending down money every month
for child support, mortgage payments and utilities while he lives at his
mothers to save money. Numerous attempts were made to get the loan to be
sent up to PA for my boyfriend to pay the bill, but his ex refused the
transfer of address. The mortgage company stated that for changes to be made
to the billing address both parties on the loan must agree. The company also
stated for any information on the loan status, both he and his ex's social
security numbers had to be presented. Therefore my boyfriend was left with
no other choice but to write a check to his ex and put for the house, for
their daughter, etc. He just received a letter in the mail 2 weeks ago that
his house was put up for sale b/c payments have not been made for the past
several months.
He was just served with a summons from her laywer where false accusations
were made against my boyfriend and false information was given. The summons
stated that my boyfriend abandoned his ex and daughter with no contact or
monetary support. He is given 30 days to respond or it will default to his
ex.

I have several questions:
A) Can it hold up in court that my boyfriend paid the house payments, she did
not, therefore the house went into forclosure and his credit is ruined? Is
his credit ruined for good?

B) Will he have to pay alimony since they were married less then 2 years?

C)He has been unable to retrieve his belongings or go down to see his
daughter and now is being accused of abandoment, can this hold up in court?
And how can he retrieve his belongings?


D) She was believed to be cheating on him, and has admitted it in the past,
can a phone record that was racked up over $900.00 to her "male friend" be
considered proof of adultry?

E)He uncle is a child molestor that lives with her parents (and now
potentially her) and my boyfriend does not want their daughter around him.
What can he do about this?

From: Hackamore on
BLK13 wrote:
> I met my boyfriend while he was going through a divorce, or so it seemed at
> the time. He had filed against his ex in Dec. of 2007. She lives in TN and
> he moved in with his mother in PA. He was only married to her for less then 2
> years. His lawyer ended up stealing his money and not doing the work that was
> promised. We have been waiting 8 months for the divorce to start. When he
> left, he didn't take anything with him, but for the past 8 months he has
> tried to go down to retrieve his personal belongings and she wouldn't let him
> come down. What was left was more then clothes, such things as his 5 purple
> hearts and military metals plus possesions from his late father are being
> held against his will. His old lawyer also told him not to go down. He
> called the police department and asked if he could have an escort so there
> wouldn't be any signs of trouble and they said no. They have a daughter
> together that is just a year old. He has been sending down money every month
> for child support, mortgage payments and utilities while he lives at his
> mothers to save money. Numerous attempts were made to get the loan to be
> sent up to PA for my boyfriend to pay the bill, but his ex refused the
> transfer of address. The mortgage company stated that for changes to be made
> to the billing address both parties on the loan must agree. The company also
> stated for any information on the loan status, both he and his ex's social
> security numbers had to be presented. Therefore my boyfriend was left with
> no other choice but to write a check to his ex and put for the house, for
> their daughter, etc. He just received a letter in the mail 2 weeks ago that
> his house was put up for sale b/c payments have not been made for the past
> several months.
> He was just served with a summons from her laywer where false accusations
> were made against my boyfriend and false information was given. The summons
> stated that my boyfriend abandoned his ex and daughter with no contact or
> monetary support. He is given 30 days to respond or it will default to his
> ex.
>
> I have several questions:
> A) Can it hold up in court that my boyfriend paid the house payments, she did
> not, therefore the house went into forclosure and his credit is ruined? Is
> his credit ruined for good?

he didn't make any house payments, he sent a check to his wife.

she didn't stop him from coming, she talked him out of it.

I'd bet it didn't even say "house payment" on the check.

if he was making house payments he would have sent them to the mortgage
company.

so he didn't like his first attorney... get another...

a divorce attorney... not somebody's cousin who does real estate law.

surely you've still got the cashed checks and the long distance phone
bill (this will show support and contact)

but that will only slow down the divorce... it'll happen.

and tn IS a community property state... has she already filed in
tennessee? is PA community property? if not you MAY want to file there
if she hasn't already filed.

is there any real equity in the house anyway?

other assets she's going after?

> B) Will he have to pay alimony since they were married less then 2 years?

alimony is rare these days

> C)He has been unable to retrieve his belongings or go down to see his
> daughter and now is being accused of abandoment, can this hold up in court?
> And how can he retrieve his belongings?

he goes and gets them.

it's still his house until the bank takes possession.

> D) She was believed to be cheating on him, and has admitted it in the past,
> can a phone record that was racked up over $900.00 to her "male friend" be
> considered proof of adultry?

maybe... why do you care?

in tn irreconcilable differences is all it takes.

> E)He uncle is a child molestor that lives with her parents (and now
> potentially her) and my boyfriend does not want their daughter around him.
> What can he do about this?

see if he's a registered sex offender and prohibited by court order to
not be around children?

if you get full custody that may become an issue