4/3/18: Maybe the Beginning of the End?

After putting my foot down and refusing to file taxes jointly with Mark to everyone, especially my own attorney, an idea came to me very early this morning.I have no idea how much he owes.  To me, he says $15k.  To his attorney, he tells her $20k.  Welcome to the world of a constant liar.He only thinks of today, never the future.  What can I afford TODAY?  What can I buy on credit...TODAY?  Amazingly, he has an incredible credit score.He thought it would be a walk in the park - just casually ask me to sign the tax return, tell me the $5k refund would go towards my school loan like last year when the IRS kept it applied it towards that.  No, I refused to file jointly, as we had agreed not to do so before the divorce was filed last year so I could begin to pay my school loans back.  Mark refused to make payments on them, and I never could because they wanted me to make payments according to our joint income, and he makes way too much for me to make that payment on my own.When I asked him this morning, he told me that he was planning on taking out a loan to pay the income tax.  I offered to file jointly with him IF the same amount of money would be applied to my student loans from his portion of either the equity of the house when it is sold or the 401k, and would not be used as part of the settlement or in negotiation.  He agreed, said the attorneys should work something out, and that at least it would be used for something.I st...
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