Violated restraining order & got served with Contempt of Court. What gives!? 

This week sucked & I'm glad its over.  In short, this divorce has just gone from bad to worse.  I was hoping we could keep it amicable & civil for our kids.  But apparently, that is too much to ask for.

The soon-to-be-ex-husband had me served with Contempt of Court for violating the terms of the restraining order.  I didn't deliberately violate the restraining order.  I merely had a senior moment & forgot about it. 

The order basically states we are not to incur more than $1000 in debt.  I spent $3500 to retain a new attorney.  I billed the $3500 to our joint credit card.  That being said, I paid it back within a week out of my own money.  

I HAD to retain new counsel.  The attorney previously representing me sucked!  First, he would not submit a motion for temporary spousal support so I could move out of this God forsaken house.  With our pretrial coming up April 8th, I was not given the opportunity to provide my input for the pretrial statement.  He completely forgot a conference call we had scheduled once.  And he was terrible about returning my phone calls, emails.  It would take days or weeks to hear back from him.  For someone that has never been through a divorce, this was pretty important to me.

But Contempt of Court!  Is this just a new low standard or what?  You would think common sense & human dignity would reign over the court process.  He could have insisted that I pay the credit card back (which I did) before he had me served with Contempt.

But I get it.  His motive is primarily to get back at me any way he can.  He's just trying to get my goat.  He just wants to get a reaction out of me.  He wants to see me fold, rollover & die.  Well, I got news for ya buddy!  I'm not going anywhere.  I'm much smarter than you give me credit for.  
I can be just as strategic & plot my revenge.  Women have a distinct advantage when it comes to revenge.  Cause we go for the balls!  He has no idea what I'm capable of.  I have a new attorney now...and I plan on winning this fight!  Go ahead & knock me, kick me when I'm down.  It just gives me strength to fight back even harder.