Legal Question in Family Law in Illinois

Nuisance ex-wife

Hello. My husband and I are having extreme difficulty working with his ex pertaining to the children. Although we have no problems related to visitation, we have enormous problems with everything else. She constantly calls us/emails us to discuss issues, then picks a fight and continues ''arguing'' with us over things that she should not. Additionally, she constantly calls (bothers) my husband at work for silly things, he has asked her several times NOT to call him at work (he is not at a desk job) and still she continues. In general, she does anything possible in an attempt to disrupt our lives. Is there anything we can do to get her to stop disrupting us when it is not needed? Example: she called my husband at work today to let him know he had peice of his mail at her home - she had opened it, he asked her nicely not to do that (as have he and I both have in the past) and she starting yelling at him saying that since the mail pertains to her kids, she can open it. Then she threatened to throw his mail away in the future, since he did not ''appreciate'' her call. That is just one of many issues we have to deal with on a regular basis. Do you have any ideas? Please help - thanks in advance.


Asked on 3/04/03, 10:35 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Mary McDonagh McDonagh-Faherty Law Offices

Re: Nuisance ex-wife

You should be able to obtain the help you need at your local court house to fill out the relevant paperwork to deal with the order of protection. Also, you may want to clarify the parameters of the divorce and custody agreement if there is one. If it is more certain in terms, it may help all parties be clear on what their duties are.

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Answered on 3/08/03, 2:04 pm
Zachary Bravos Law Offices of Zachary M. Bravos

Re: Nuisance ex-wife

There are no adequate legal answers to dealing with a troublesome person. An order of protection is a possibility here, and such an order can prohibit harassment, which could include phone calls at work, etc. However, being troublesome is not always the same as engaging in harassing behavior, so problems with the ex will not fully disappear. Still, persons against whom orders of protection have been entered commonly become more conscious of their own conduct, and as a result, they become more generally restrained, or at least try to avoid plainly aberrant behavior.

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Answered on 3/06/03, 5:55 pm


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