Legal Question in Family Law in Illinois

I have not received child support for several months. I informed my ex several times that he was in arrears and he refused to discuss it. Then he and his attorney missed our court date, so we had to wait another month to get him in court. Then when he did show up in court he had a batch of Money Order receipts which he claimed he mailed to me. His attorney showed these to my attorney, so they left the amount of arrears in our Modification Order for Support as "reserved" pending proof that the MOs were endorsed. An Order was then given for an evidentiary hearing stating that he must provide copies of the money order receipts to my counsel. It is now 3 weeks after the court date and we have not received the copies. My attorney sent another letter to his attorney requesting the information. Seeing this is listed in a Court Order, what can be done if he does not comply and provide the copies to us. We suspect he may have "faked" the receipts in some way, maybe cashed them hiimself, what can I do? Without the receipts, I can't prove anything. I don't want him getting away with cheating his daughter AGAIN and my attorney is not pro-active enough about getting anything enforced, thus why my divorce has taken almost 2 years! What can I tell my attorney I want him to do? Someone said file a Motion of Contempt of Court... will that do anything?

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