Divorced and ready to file contempt and bankruptcy

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adenton27

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My ex-husband and I got divorced in July 2007 in our decree it states that he shall be the sole possessor of our 2 vehicles and our home, He also had to quitclaim my name to the land, take my name off the license plates, and pay me $1000. The decree states that I shall be held "harmless" but I haven't because he has been so late on payments. On the one vehicle he has been late 30 days 15 times as well as 60 days, on the other the same thing 13 times and 60 days late. He never filed the quitclaim to the house and I am on the 2 car notes, titles to the vehicles, the mortgage, and he only paid $500 of the alimony.
We used the same lawyer because he was abusive and I didn't want to fight with him. I am going to have to file bankruptcy on everything anyways he put me $120,254.00 in debt (I thought we were going to last, and that is no excuse for my stupidity). I want to file contempt on him because he has ruined my credit, owes me money and gave one of the vehicles to someone who isn't paying it. Do I have a case for indirect contempt? Also I heard you can file a stipulation and have a new order written I am trying to get the one vehicle back from him because if it is going to ruin my credit I might as well have something from all of it.

Thank you, sorry so long.
 
You're entitled to file contempt for the non-payment of the spousal support, absolutely.

But it's unlikely that you'll be able to collect any other damages.
 
Dear adenton27,

You need your own lawyer.
You should never share another person's lawyer, never.
Tomorrow, find your own lawyer.
Your case is very complex and you have a lot of money on the line.
Depending on whether your ex has any assets, you might be able to levy against them.
But, you're too deep into this to try self help.
If you don't have all the money to hire a lawyer, find one that will take payment arrangements.
The longer you delay, the more liabilities you acquire.
Get this gorilla off your back, before it breaks your back!
You have some potential remedies, far too complex to recite in an online forum.
You need a lawyer, YOUR own lawyer, if you want to remediate this problem!!!
 
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