Re: court results are in

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Shirley

court results are in

Hi everyone. Sorry about the mass e-mail. Just easier this way. But if you have questions please feel free to ask.

It went very well!! He has to pay me $115 a week and $200 of my attorney fees. My lawyer had asked for $650 a month and the lawyer fees. I am happy, very happy! I was only going to ask for $400. He is not allowed at the house at this time. I cannot sell or give away anything, I wasn't anyways, I was mostly talk. He still has ladders here, that's all. I will put them outside and he can come get them whenever he wants and I don't have to see him.

He was caught in 2 lies. His lawyer asked him if he had any extra $ per week. Steve said, "No." My lawyer said your financial disclosure shows $200 extra PER WEEK. $600 a month people!!! Busted! He had told me that last month too.

Lie #2 takes a bit to explain. Steve was asked where he lives. The house lease is in his name, now. I wrote to my lawyer that Debbie had lived in that house before Steve left me and it was in her name then. No problem, I'd do that too, smart move. BUT my lawyer asked him so you pay the rent and utilities for her. Steve said no for me I let her live there because she has no income. My lawyer says, she lives in your house and isn't paying for anything? He said she pays for her food. (I'm trying not to grin at this point.) I wrote to my lawyer that she has 2 kids and non-custody. So does she get child suppor? No she pays it. (I'm again trying to restrain myself) How does she pay it if she has no income? Do you pay it? No, she is getting long term disability. BUSTED!!!! Sure this one really had nothing to do with me, but it was funny

anyway.

He had a bad attitude up on the stand. Snotty and pissy. This is NOT this Steve I KNEW. He was saying, "well she told me such and such." And said stuff that made no sense but showed a poor attitude. The judge doesn't care, it's hearsay. So that made it easier for me on the stand. Which I didn't know I had to do until this morning. Good thing or anxiety big time! I held my composure. I was on the stand maybe 5 mins. He was on the stand for 20 minutes or so! His lawyer was not prepared either.

I had to ask for my water. My tongue was sticking to the roof of my mouth and my lips to my teeth. I got back to my seat and then I started crying. No noise came out of me just tears. Tears not of relief. Tears that what happened to this man I totally trusted and loved. I shouldn't be here. I barely heard what the judge ordered him to pay.

Oh his lawyer was on me about not being able to drive. He took it out of context my lawyer said. She drives when she can. If she can't she does not. I think what they were getting at was for me to sell my vechicle since I don't use it and I'd have more $.

Oh, Steve said I had family members I could live with for free. My parents or my brother. My lawyer to the judge. Her parents are retired and on SSA. Her brother has 3 kids and 4 bedrooms so none left for me.....lololol He has a brother who has an empty bedroom why can't he live there. They were grabbing for straws big time.

There was more stuff he said that didn't make him look good. His lawyer was trying to make it a personal match since they had nothing to go on. He wanted Steve to say bad things about me and Steve wouldn't when asked. I dearly appreciated that!! But then he would say bad things when not asked. Confused? me too. His lawyer was trying to make it that because I gained weight over the years that I was lazy and that's why I wouldn't work. The judge knows with all these health issues there are good days and bad days. No one would hire me because of that. Plus SSA says I can't work. My docs say I can't.

Please don't forward this to anyone. If anyone wants to know they can ask me.

That's all I can think of at this time. If you have questions I will answer. No we are not divorced. I'm getting this stuff until the divorce is final. Don't know when that will be.

Thanks for the thoughts and prayers. I felt them with me on that stand. That's how I kept my composure knowing I had a lot of people watching out for me.

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Shirley

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