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Help for our friend??!!??
Hi all!
I read this group regularly but haven't posted much. I need to ask a couple questions and hope that someone out there can give my hubby and I some tips to help a friend of his. Long story short (I hope!!) Hubby's friend John is going through a VERY nasty divorce. Neither spouse was willing to go to counseling to change what needed to be changed and John's wife is sure that the only reason their marriage is breaking up is because John drinks too much (I may have to agree). John is a wonderful provider but has always been a part-time father because his wife won't let him say/do anything to the kids. Her attitude is that he couldn't possibly know how to relate to a child. So John and wife work, have a beautiful home that John built most of by himself. They have 4 kids and make bundles of money. Fast forward............ John's wife kicks him out. The wife works for an attorney so John hires his own. Well there are several appearances that John misses because his atty didn't tell him about them. So, John is in contempt of court. John fires that atty and gets another one who is a scrapper. John shows up for court one morning (after a night of drinking) and his STBX says she smells alcohol. John gets an immediate breathalizer (sp??) and blows a .03. The judge says supervised visits with his kids. The REAL problem is that John has, for the past 6 or 7 months, been paying his STBX direct rather than go through the friend of the court. (this is Michigan btw). So, the court case finally gets far enough to where the FOC is now involved and he's THOUSANDS of $$$$ in arrears. Yesterday John finds out that there is a bench warrant for his arrest. If he gets arrested he loses his job. Flat out. John pays his CS every week, paying $2,900 a month. Why can't the FOC tack the arrearage onto what he pays every week? Both my hubby and I don't want to see John go to jail and lose his job. Is there anything that can be done? HELP!!!!! Thanks! Pat |
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