Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11th. Jennifer, welcome to the program.

Hi, Dr. Laura. I'm so excited to speak with you. Thank you. In 2010, I went through a divorce. I now have two adult children,

a 21-year-old son. Okay, you went through the divorce because, because we just weren't a great pair,

and I just needed to get out of it. It was not a good marriage. We were married for 17 years, and it took a long time for me to get out of it. It was not a good marriage.

We were married for 17 years, and it took a long time for me to get out of that.

So I did ask for the divorce, and we decided on joint custody, but I was the primary custodial parent.

And as you know, I register the kids.

I pay for them, and then I send the receipts to be reimbursed by my ex-husband. And he would never pay. So this went on for years. I had to go through a five-year court case. I finally was awarded $40,000 from him for all of the unpaid expenses. And then the mediator and judge said,

listen, moving forward, you need to go through our family wizard because this way you'll keep

track, you enter the expenses every month, he pays you the next month. If there's a dispute,

we will mediate it. So this has been going on for several years, and it has worked pretty well up until a couple months ago.

And for some reason, my ex-husband will not return messages, will not pay me anything that I've paid on behalf of the children.

For some reason?

He can't fathom the reason?

Well, he doesn't want to pay it.

Geez, doesn't want to pay it, right?

I'm sorry, I blanked out completely on the age of the kids.

How old are they now today?

21 and 19.

Okay. So my question to you is, I don't understand. old are they now today? 21 and 19.

Okay. So my question to you is, I'm not going to be in pain.

Why is he paying anything now?

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