Hi
I was wondering if someone could help with what I can do in my situation. My ex pays a certain amount every month (often late) and this month he is £340 down on what the court order states (agreed at final hearing). He was a financially, sexually, emotionally and psychologically abusive man and is a narcissistic bully.
What redress do I have without spending nearly that amount on solicitors or court fees? I have called the court and it will cost me £215 just to have a form done. A solicitor is £240 + VAT.
He will know all of this and can just withhold the money and be smug about it knowing I can't really do anything about it. He just wants to get me to engage with him and get into an argument over text which I won't do (I have as little contact as possible on the advice of the police and Women's Aid...who had us in a refuge for a few days).
He pled penury in court "resigning" himself to the fact that he can't buy a house, leaving me with not enough to buy somewhere myself, yet managed, two weeks after finalising the arrangements to buy a £750,000 house with an Aston on the drive and lots of lovely new things in it (I see it when the children have video contact calls with me).
He's being an a-hole but what can I actually do?
Thanks for reading!