We agree. Depending on the law of the state where you live, based upon your ex-husband’s undisclosed earnings and assets, you may be entitled to a retroactive increase of your support. If you have found assets that could be used to satisfy retroactive arrearages, the court has jurisdiction to require a transfer of those assets. If the new wife did not tell the truth while under oath, she may be subject to a contempt proceeding. And, last but not least, you may also have a civil cause of action against your ex and his wife for conspiracy to defraud you  and your children  from that to which you would otherwise have been entitled.

Although I knew that my wife was lying through her teeth at our divorce hearing about the beauty shop business she runs out of the home where I used to live, I could not prove it. When our daughter was ill at the same time her mother was hospitalized in another state, she asked me to stay at her home with our child while she went to visit her mother. She left in such a hurry that she forgot to lock her file drawer. What I found shows that she vastly understated her income and expenses to the court and on our income tax returns. I have copied all of the documents, but the case is over. What can I do?

Talk to your lawyer about filing a motion for a new trial based upon newly discovered evidence and filing an action for contempt  assuming the time for doing so has not expired. There are two types of contempt: criminal and civil. Criminal contempt is used to ensure and preserve the dignity of the court. Civil contempt is used to assure compliance with a court order. Perjury in the presence of the court may be a direct criminal contempt that can be punished by the court imposing sanctions. With court time at a premium today, judicial economy demands that this type of conduct not be tolerated.