Divorce Advice for Men | Fathers Rights Divorce | Child Custody

Question:

Can I appeal parts of our divorce decree if it is later revealed my ex-wife was hiding information during our divorce?

She gave birth to a child that was not mine in 2005 only a few months after our divorce. She hid the fact that she was pregnant during our divorce proceedings.

If I had known of her infidelity and the fact she was pregnant with another man's child while we were married I never would have agreed to many of the settlements we reached in our divorce judgment.

Please advise if there are any actions I can take against her for concealing information and essentially lying throughout our divorce proceedings.

Question:

Is my divorce decree valid if it has handwritten notes all over it? I received what I was told was the final divorce papers, but almost nothing of what my ex-wife and I agreed to are in the settlement.

Instead there are sections crossed out and my ex-wife's handwritten notes addressing issues such as alimony, child support, and child custody.

I need some legal advice on whether this is a valid divorce decree.

Question:

The divorce decree was typed up by my ex-wife's attorney and was not accurate. My divorce lawyer signed it and returned it to her attorney and it was filed with the court.

According to the county clerk, the judge signed it and it is complete. I never signed the decree.

Is this divorce decree legitimate since I never signed it? What recourse do I have against my attorney for signing a decree that was not accurate?

Question:

My ex-wife has repeatedly violated our divorce decree by claiming our son when filing taxes, even though we have 50-50 joint custody and the court order allows me to claim our son every year.

This has happened for four years now where she has beat me to the punch and filed first claiming our child.

What can I do so the IRS knows she is in violation of the order and I should be the one allowed to claim our son? Can I be reimbursed for the money this has cost me over the past four years?

By Nathan A. Hacker

Indianapolis Divorce Lawyer

After your divorce decree has been finalized and entered by the court, you should seek counsel regarding any trusts or estates that you have set up for your family.

You will want to have those rewritten so that your children are the beneficiaries of your hard work. 

If you have a life insurance policy that lists your ex-wife as the beneficiary you may want to consider having that transferred into a trust for your children.