Legal Question in Family Law in Missouri

This is a common quandry. An ex spouse who says she cannot afford to pay support, and you think she can. Her ex husband says he cannot afford to pay an attorney to prove that she is lying. Unless, both of them are lying, there is little opportunity to get private counsel to take this case on. If your husband has evidence (not suspicion or rumor) that his ex has unreported income beyond what would qualify her for assistance, then he may be able to bring that evidence to the governmental body providing the assistance. It would constitute fraud for her or her attorney to falsely claim her income to be less than it really is. If they agree that there has been fraud, she might lose her assistance and then later be made to pay support from her actual or imputed income.

Clerks and case workers are prohibited from providing legal advice about actions outside their purview. The claims that she can afford to pay, although she has convinced them she needs assistance, would be beyond the are of expertise of the clerks and caseworkers dealing with his Ex's file.

Good luck