This is all in South Dakota and THANk YOU in advance!
I was thinking about taking my ex to court for contempt without a lawyer. I just got my child support raised by $110 and really can't afford to hire a lawyer at this time. There is a custody order in place that has not been followed since April 2006.
It is court ordered that I am can see my daughter every other weekend and everything else is according to the state visitation guidelines. I have never received a holiday or a summer or any vacations with her
At the time the order was put into place, I lived 300 miles away and couldn't afford to make the trip to see my daughter every other week so my ex let me see my daughter the times I could come to see her.
Then, in April, my ex cut off all visitation. I still lived 300 miles away. I tried a few times to set up visitation and called several times. She wouldn't allow anything.
I moved within 10 miles of my daughter in August 2006. We had a contempt hearing in November but my ex never showed because she was never officially served with the papers. The venue had not been changed so the hearing was in my old town 300 miles away. Another date was set but then it got postponed. I cannot afford to pay my lawyer and I am going to have a change of venue made as soon as possible.
1. What, exactly, happens in a contempt hearing?
2. Would it be hard for me to succeed without a lawyer, for this first contempt hearing, in your opinion?
I was thinking about taking my ex to court for contempt without a lawyer. I just got my child support raised by $110 and really can't afford to hire a lawyer at this time. There is a custody order in place that has not been followed since April 2006.
It is court ordered that I am can see my daughter every other weekend and everything else is according to the state visitation guidelines. I have never received a holiday or a summer or any vacations with her
At the time the order was put into place, I lived 300 miles away and couldn't afford to make the trip to see my daughter every other week so my ex let me see my daughter the times I could come to see her.
Then, in April, my ex cut off all visitation. I still lived 300 miles away. I tried a few times to set up visitation and called several times. She wouldn't allow anything.
I moved within 10 miles of my daughter in August 2006. We had a contempt hearing in November but my ex never showed because she was never officially served with the papers. The venue had not been changed so the hearing was in my old town 300 miles away. Another date was set but then it got postponed. I cannot afford to pay my lawyer and I am going to have a change of venue made as soon as possible.
1. What, exactly, happens in a contempt hearing?
2. Would it be hard for me to succeed without a lawyer, for this first contempt hearing, in your opinion?