Supreme Court Rules Rights Violated in Jailing Over Child Support - NYTimes.com http://ping.fm/LPJWz

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[Ed Holub]

This makes my case interesting.... I am fighting a child custody/support case in Florida. I can't afford a lawyer, so I have been fighting pro se. My ex has the most expensive lawyer in the district. My ex is maliciously seeking incarceration because I can't pay her lawyer $30,000+ or $800+ per month child support for our one child (including $8000 in arrearages).

I do pay $229 per month (Fl's stated amount I should pay according to my income). I supplied the court with 4 years of IRS 1040 forms, invoices to my clients, copies of checks, bank statements, letters from the IRS stating I am "uncollectable" regarding tax liens, and affidavits from others in my profession backing my actual income as well as other documentation of my actual income.

I motioned for summary judgment on modification (adjusting amounts owed to the reality of my income), appointment of a lawyer for a matter involving incarceration, and interim attorney's fees to me to defend myself. As stated, she is seeking incarceration for civil contempt.

I suppose I should cite this supreme court ruling when this mess goes before a judge. Could anyone offer any other advise???