Q: Upon my ex & I divorcing in TX I was awarded half of his retirement. He stopped paying. How do I enforce as I live in OK
My ex is retired military. DFAS will not enforce because of the 10/10 rule. We we married for 6 years opposed to 10 years. When our son graduated high school 2022 he stopped payments and evades attempts to contact. I also do not think he was paying half before. I have no way to verify this.
A: You need to hire a Texas attorney in or near the county where your divorce decree was entered to enforce the property division set forth in the Decree. If your spouse was ordered to pay monthly, was paying monthly, then stopped, you have two years from the date of the first missed payment to file an motion to enforce, although certain things might extend this period and you might be entitled to enforce a claim for payments owed within the last two years even if the first missed payment occurred more than two years ago. Your attorney can do discovery to ensure that he has been paying you the correct amount all along and, if not, you might have a claim for any shortage that you discover now that was concealed from you by your former spouse before.
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