Legal Question in Family Law in Massachusetts

My wife and I agreed to divorce after 20 years of marriage...I was working in Mass, she was at our home in Maine. The courts told me to be in maine Monday thru Friday for court. I wrote asking for a specific date. My wife said that it was being postponed till October...(trial and letter were done in August). Therefore when my request was returned with a handwritten signature "David" I assumed it was a court clerk named David who filed my request. A month later I discovered that my wife had gone to court. The wife had given false statements throughout the hearing. The judge awarded her everything! I sold a business I owed for 30 years to build my dream home on nearly 250 acres. I was in Mass with a suitcase filled with workclothes and my motorcycle. No financial statements were filed. The wife told the judge I made 2400.00 a week and she was granted 300.00 a week spousal support. I have lost everything!! I have tried to appeal and it was denied. I did not pay the support because I wanted my day in court to prove all the lies. I had financial statements, written checks, and even a witness to the fact that she said I stole her diamond ring and the witness (a formner friend) reported he was in her home the day she pawned it. To make a long story short I am devasted....I have proven all her accusations to be false. Fair is half...not everything in the world I have worked my life for. The judge was baised and did not take into consideration the perjury that he was made aware of....he just sat there and yawned... Help me or point me in the direction i may take . PLEASE!! I am 58 years old

Bob, Taunton

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