Scott's Attorney Fees/Bills
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Hello everyone my name is Scott Fleming II. I am a father or two wonderful boys. Anyone that truly knows me knows how much pride I have and how I hate asking for any type of help but I am out of options at this point.
My oldest son's mother and I have been going through a custody/child support battle for over a year now. As everyone knows that has been through this, it is a very expensive and time consuming process. I have found this out first hand. What I didn't expect was to be stuck with the other persons attorney fees. Back in April of this year my oldest son's mother and grandmother acted in a manner that I felt was very unsafe for my son. Being a loving and caring father I kept my son and did not return him to his mother. An emergency ex-parte order was obtained by his mother and her lawyer even though there was no custody order in place at that time. We then had to go to court on this issue. In court I was able to get an actual order for visitation of my son which was a huge victory for me so now his mother can't keep him from me when she is upset at me like she has done numerous times in the past. What wasn't a victory for me was being slapped with $3,000 for her attorney fees! I was ordered to pay $500 monthly for 6 months to pay off these fees. Unfortunately, I was unable to make those payments due to being a one income home at the present time due to the recent birth of my second child. I tried to work out different payment arrangments with the opposing lawyer without any success. I was just taken to court yesterday (8/16/2016) for a child support hearing and also for a contempt hearing for failing to pay the court ordered attorney fees. The child support hearing went well and I am extremely pleased with the outcome. As far as the contempt hearing, it didn't go well at all. Not only was I found in willful contempt after pleading my case to the judge, but I was hit with an additional $4,800 in attorney fees for the opposing lawyer! This makes the grand total of court ordered fees $7,800! I have been ordered to pay $1,000 by 8/19/2016 at 5pm or I will be locked up and my bond will be set at $3,800. Then, after paying that $1,000 on 8/19/2016 I am ordered to pay an additional $2,800 by 8/31/2016 to avoid incarceration. The remaining balance after those two payments ($3,000) will be paid in 12 monthly installments thankfully.
Any money raised will be used to pay the attorney fees that are required to be paid by 8/31/2016. Also any additional money will be used to help catch up on bills that had to be neglected in order to be able to pay for legal counsel throughout this process.
Don't feel obligated to donate to this campaign if you are unable to. My family and I appreciate you just taking the time to read this.
My oldest son's mother and I have been going through a custody/child support battle for over a year now. As everyone knows that has been through this, it is a very expensive and time consuming process. I have found this out first hand. What I didn't expect was to be stuck with the other persons attorney fees. Back in April of this year my oldest son's mother and grandmother acted in a manner that I felt was very unsafe for my son. Being a loving and caring father I kept my son and did not return him to his mother. An emergency ex-parte order was obtained by his mother and her lawyer even though there was no custody order in place at that time. We then had to go to court on this issue. In court I was able to get an actual order for visitation of my son which was a huge victory for me so now his mother can't keep him from me when she is upset at me like she has done numerous times in the past. What wasn't a victory for me was being slapped with $3,000 for her attorney fees! I was ordered to pay $500 monthly for 6 months to pay off these fees. Unfortunately, I was unable to make those payments due to being a one income home at the present time due to the recent birth of my second child. I tried to work out different payment arrangments with the opposing lawyer without any success. I was just taken to court yesterday (8/16/2016) for a child support hearing and also for a contempt hearing for failing to pay the court ordered attorney fees. The child support hearing went well and I am extremely pleased with the outcome. As far as the contempt hearing, it didn't go well at all. Not only was I found in willful contempt after pleading my case to the judge, but I was hit with an additional $4,800 in attorney fees for the opposing lawyer! This makes the grand total of court ordered fees $7,800! I have been ordered to pay $1,000 by 8/19/2016 at 5pm or I will be locked up and my bond will be set at $3,800. Then, after paying that $1,000 on 8/19/2016 I am ordered to pay an additional $2,800 by 8/31/2016 to avoid incarceration. The remaining balance after those two payments ($3,000) will be paid in 12 monthly installments thankfully.
Any money raised will be used to pay the attorney fees that are required to be paid by 8/31/2016. Also any additional money will be used to help catch up on bills that had to be neglected in order to be able to pay for legal counsel throughout this process.
Don't feel obligated to donate to this campaign if you are unable to. My family and I appreciate you just taking the time to read this.
Organizer
Scott Fleming
Organizer
Winston-Salem, NC