His mother brought him to me while trying to resolve a conflict with her ex-husband about the boy's treatment.
Her ex-husband pays her children's school fees; otherwise, she supports them alone.
In (7) below, a client discusses an altercation she had with her ex-husband at their son's school-sponsored dance.
But she was not without friends: and one in particular who was encouraging her along quite different paths from those favoured by her ex-husband.
She recalled how the lawyer she and her ex-husband had hired had sent them off to do 'homework' and return to her with a draft divorce agreement.
On divorce, the wife is ever more conscious of dependence with maintenance orders which can be enforced only if the ex-husband can pay.
My ex-husband never gave me a penny to clothe me or help with my daughters' education.