My ex is responsible to pay 1/2 of our daughter's Catholic School tuition. I have had him back and forth to Family Court for arrears throughout the years and the Magistrate always finds in my favor because this is what was written in our divorce stipulation 15 years ago. Once my daughter started high school, he has not paid for 10th or 11th grade and out of nowhere I find myself being held in contempt of court with him stating "I have hindered his relationship with his daughter"! This was thought up by his fiance at the time. My attorney states he was forum/judge shopping. The papers read that he wanted to stop tuition payments while this matter was pending and to terminate his obligation to pay 50% of tuition fees. I hired an attorney, my daughter had to get involved and I had to pay half of her attorney. After all was said and done, it showed that I NEVER hindered his relationship, he did that himself. He chose to date other women rather than spend time with his daughter. His own family admitted that he never made the time through the years for his daughter. In November of 2010, we sat at a four way meeting at my attorney's office and it was agreed that he did in fact owe me the $8000.00 for tuition. On December 10, 2010 a stipulation was signed by both myself and my ex. That's as far as it goes. I've tried contacting my attorney inquiring as to why the stipulation was finally signed by the County Clerk on February 27, 2012 almost 2 years after the stipulation was written. My attorney finally got back in touch with me stating some papers were "lost" and they were never sent out to either attorney. I finally threatened her with putting in a grievance with the bar association and she emails me stating, "Opposing counsel never had him sign the Confession of Judgement and he stopped paying his attorney and refuses to get in touch with her to sign any papers" My attorney says to bring him back to court for contempt which I do NOT want to do. I will not spend another cent on attorney fees (this has already cost me $10,000 including my daughter's counsel). She said that I could again go after my attorney fees, but he has made himself "judgement proof" by hiding his income so I would not be able to to prove he makes anything. He works for Local3 and goes on furlough many times throughout the year and claims unemployment. His prior arrears are paid through unemployment and garnished from his check weekly when he does work. I want to know if any of this sounds legal to you. I paid my attorney up front and she seems to have done nothing from me. I want my $8,000 thats owed to me. I would like to bring this matter back to family court but I don't think I can while this matter is pending in Supreme Court. Any advice?

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Talking with my attorney who never gets in touch with me. This has been going on for almost 2 years.