I haven't posted to this thing in awhile...life's gotten really crazy, but I'm back! Can you tell that there's something worth venting about coming? :)

Back in July, my ex and I had a minor squabble about gawd only remembers what, but long story short, he decided to stop making child support payments due to a "credit" on his account for an "overpayment" of spousal maintenance.

The "credit" is pure b.s. We had a written agreement that he would pay spousal support/maintenance up to and including September of 2004. One evening, we sat down for coffee, and he agreed to extend the spousal maintenance to September of 2005, as it would give me a little more time to get on my feet.
He agreed, but it's not in writing. Silly me.

We had a disagreement (actually, he threw a fit because I said that I was no longer going to drive the kids one way for his time with them), and he decided to back out of the extended spousal maintenance year, six months early.

Because on paper, he was to stop paying in September of '04, so it looked as though he had overpaid on his spousal maintenance, and was issued a "credit" by the government organization that is responsible for going after the dead beat. He's decided to utilize this thing, and so, has no plans to pay child support until February of 2007. Do you see what I mean about making your own money?? If I didn't take that power out of his hands before this, I'd have been hooped.

About 3 weeks after he decided to stop paying (August 2006), he rolled into my driveway (to pick up the kids) in a new Range Rover! Can you beat that? I don't know why I would be surprised, considering that the bastard kept the fact that he owned a Porsche a secret for more than 2 years.

But come February 1 of next year, he's in for a rude shock. Can't tell you what it is until after that time, but trust me, he's not going to like it.

Thanks for reading!

Melissa.