Q: I recently went through a split with my wife. She was granted the house for 30 days whereupon I got to retake residency.
When I returned the house was completely empty including my deceased father's birth and death certificates and his guns, except for 2 pieces of furniture that were tore up and smelled like cat pee, a tv that didn't work and 2 other big furniture items. All that had to be burned. She was ordered not to take anything from the house until we decided on who's was whos. Which she obviously didn't do. Her lawyer will not send me the deed to my house without the ex wifes name on it. He continually ignores my calls and emails. From what I've read i can not file divorce papers back to fight what she is doing to me. My mom and i both have reciepts and bank papers showing the things I bought with settlement money I received. Now since the divorce isn't totally final I was told to file contempt papers and response papers. Im just not sure how to do that. It is dearborn county indiana. And I can not afford a lawyer bc I'm waiting on my disability decision. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
A: You need to file contempt charges(AKA Rule To Show Cause). Go to the clerk of court tell them what you need to file and maybe they have a form. If they don’t, type up a doc that has a similar heading to the others, number your paragraphs and say what happened in one sentence each. Ask for a hearing. File it then try to find a pro bono attorney through Indiana Legal Services.
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