Hi
I have loads of questions, I''ll try to keep this thread specific to just one of them though.
Less than a year ago I finally reached an agreement with my Ex at the FDR. The long and short of it is though we have a shared 50:50 arrangement with the children and I bought her out of the
FMH and pay CM inline with govt guidelines, plus SM until youngest is in her early teens.
As Im sure is common its been a pretty painful experience, and one of the biggest (and most costly) issues was my ex''s reluctance to fully declare on her form-e, even when ordered to do so by the courts.
Im about as certain as I can be she hasn''t fully declared her income (she works in payroll for her own company and produces her own P60''s and payslips). However, I know she is doing additional contracting work, and I suspect this is through another person (ex mother in law). I found emails/invoices/quotes to and from clients and invoices and her CV with the ex mother in laws name on it. My ex''s barrister managed to get the judge to disregard these emails at the FDR although the judge did express concern over my ex''s declarations. I just wanted things settled without another court hearing, and given my ex failed to fully declare, even when ordered by the court to do so. e.g. missing and edited bank statements.
Since then my ex has claimed poverty and made more demands for money, yet has bought a new car, been on 4 very expensive holidays in the last year, and now has just bought a house that I know is valued at least 7 times her declared income - pretty sure most lenders wont lend more than 4.5x
Going through the courts has killed me financially with solicitors fees and I really don''t want to go down that route unless I have to, but is there anything else I can do ....or do I just have to grit my teeth and continue paying SM
I guess the long and short of this is, if I believe my ex has lied on her form-e is there anything I can do, even after the court settlement.
