Legal Question in Family Law in Massachusetts

Legal? Providing joint-checking statements in a child-support case.

Hopefully I can explain this without causing a headache. My ex-boyfriend is divorced, and shares joint custody of his two children with his ex wife. His ex-wife has physical custody. My ex-boyfriend's ex-wife is currently suing him for non-payment of additional child support, as outlined in their support agreement. In addition to the state mandated child support, my ex is required to pay a percentage of any additional income he receives. Here is where I come in: My ex and I have been split up for almost two years. His ex-wife contacted me recently, explaining her current situation, and asked if I had any information to offer that could help her case. Her ex-husband (my ex boyfriend) is notorious for hiding the fairly large chunks of money that he makes regularly from EBay. I have plenty of information that can help her case, and, (what brings me here for advice..) a year and a half of joint-checking account statements (both my name and his name were on the account) that show almost $80,000 in the form of cash deposits to the account, that my ex never paid his ex her portion of. Any advice before I hand over the statements? My ex has years of history with Ebay and Paypal, which is where the cash came from. I do not.


Asked on 5/17/08, 4:57 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Re: Legal? Providing joint-checking statements in a child-support case.

If you hand over materials, you become a witness and will be subject to being deposed and being brought into court for testimony. If you are going to go into court and state that the money was his, but was kept in a joint account, he may file a civil complaint against you for the return of the money which you will be telling the court was his.

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Answered on 5/19/08, 2:10 pm


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