Legal Question in Family Law in Massachusetts

You can attempt, initially, to negotiate with your husband. You have probably already attempted this, but sometimes a lawyer can bring a certain urgency to the negotiations.

If that fails, he should know that you will bring a complaint for contempt in order to enforce the terms of your divorce agreement. Please feel free to contact my office if you would like to discuss the situation in greater detail. 617-357-4898.

Given your former husband's disregard of his obligations pursuant to the Divorce Judgment, your recourse is to file a complaint for contempt. I understand your reluctance to go back to court. However, in this circumstance you have the so called high ground as your former husband will have no defense to a clear & unambiguous Judgment of the court. A contempt procedure also moves much more quickly than what you may have experienced during the divorce process. In general, the time between filing a Complaint & a trail date is less than 2 months. Moreover, if the court finds your former husband is contempt-which seems likely based on the facts which you have provided-the court will order him to pay your counsel fees.

A contempt is the answer. The problem is that property values have dropped.

This should be part of any pleadings.

However, there are defenses your husband can use to any contempt action

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