Q: The ex-husband was ordered to pay the mortgage until the house is sold. He hasn't paid the mortgage and got the property

A: There is a court order that required your ex-husband to pay for the mortgage for the marital home until the date of its sale. Ex-husband failed to pay the mortgage and ..... you did not take him back to court immediately to address his noncompliance and ... each time that a buyer has expressed an interest in purchasing the home, your ex-husband engages in behavior to prevent the sale from taking place.... and again, you have not taken him back to court to allow the court to address his actions.

When a judge enters an order and a party fails/refuses to comply, the only way that a judge gets to know about the noncompliance is when an application is filed seeking sanctions for the non-compliance. The court is not going to supervise your matter nor call you to find out if your ex-husband is complying. The court entered an order, and a judge expects cooperation and compliance and if either party fails/refuses AND the other party files an application for sanctions for that noncompliance, then the judge gets to know that someone failed/refused to comply, and the court can redress that behavior.

I dont know where your matter stands now with the foreclosure and potential monies owed to you, but my suggestion is that you meet with a divorce and family law specialist to go over the court order, the text messages and emails and the current status of the homes sale ( and any other issue currently outstanding) to discuss the filing of an application for sanctions ( and you need to discuss with the lawyer what type of sanctions make sense at this point) and discuss what relief makes sense for you.

Given the level of non-compliance and the absence of action by you since the entry of the court's last order, I would not file the application on your own since you have only 1 shot to get the best possible relief and if you do it wrong, you cant then go to a lawyer and ask him to file it again and correct your mistakes. Sorry, if it's not what you want to hear but when someone does not comply with a court order..... the question is what you then do to ensure compliance, and, in this setting, the answer is that you need court intervention.

A: You may file a motion seeking to compel your ex-husband to comply with the terms of the judgment of divorce. You may also have a claim for partition. It would be in your best interest to retain an attorney who is experienced in family law/matrimonial matters to discuss what remedies are best for you.