Contempt of court charges

If you are pro se and being subject to contempt you will receive court appointed counsel if you financially qualify.

If you are behind on child support it is possible the Judge can put you in jail and leave you there until the payments are current, you need to do everything you can to bring those payments current before court. If you have not had your son around your fiance you need to bring to the court as much evidence as you can to prove that is not the case.

You could try bringing up evidence that your ex is retaliating against you, but the court is generally only interested in evidence related to the allegations in his motion to show cause.

Helena M. Nevicosi
Attorney with Rosen Law Firm

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in the past week, my ex has brought two contempt complaints up against me, the first is failure to pay child support…he is saying he has not recieved any, but even though I can’t pat the complete amount, I have always mailed from atleast 1/3 to 1/5 of my bi weekly take home pay to the child support enforcement…

the other thing is that he is saying that my fiancee has been around my kids, we have a temporary custody/visitation agreeement, that specifiaclly says that my fianceee not be present when i have the children…he has not, but my ex says that my 5 year old says he has…my ex’s bil was arrested for child abuse two weeks ago, after I reported my son’s abuse. Can I bring this up in court as my ex possibly retatliating against me?

I am pro se, so whats the worst I can expect? Jail time? A fine?