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I got divorced 10 years ago.

My at the time husband and I had been separated for a couple of years- not legally separated- and at the end of our marriage my husband had gotten into an accident at work.

My ex husband is whom filed for divorce.

During the early stages of the Divorce proceedings, a private investigator contacted me asking me some questions about my husband.

It turns out that my ex had received close to a million dollar in a personal injury settlement and that the person sued had to pay some of that money out of her own pocket, past what the insurance had covered, and she had hired the investigator to see if there was fraud involved.

During the divorce proceedings, my ex husband was turning in financial documents, claiming he was on workers comp, had to pay for his (not mine) minor son, had credit card debt, and had received no settlement.

Later as he turned in the workers comp paper work, he also turned in a document from a lawyer stating that yes he was about to receive a settlement, but that it was solely for "pain and suffering", nothing else.

Being in New York State, this automatically ment that i could receive nothing from his settlement money.

I received nothing in the divorce.

Last summer, 9 years later, I was at the court house looking up my divorce case because I was looking for the name of a lawyer, and I decided to also look up my ex husbands personal injury case- it was also handled in the same county.

As i was scrolling in the courts files, looking inside the case, I noticed documents that looked very familiar, yet slightly different as I looked closer: it was the documents from the settlement agreement that my ex had turned in in the matrimonial case: they had different dates on them than they did in thr divorce case. They also had different break down. I did nog see a mention of the full amount being for "pain and sufferering".

What I did see was that hos case had been paid out before and during the divorce proceedings. Not after.

The documents my ex submitted to divorce Court were forged.

The divorce was decided upon-financially- based upon wrong information.

Can I re-open the divorce case today and request to have the financials recalculated and possibly get compensated for the amount I could/should have been compensated for 10 years ago?

My husband and I have been living here since 2013. My roommate's mom owns the house. We are behind on rent and have missed several payments over the last 2 years for several health related reasons. However, over the last 2 years, our floor drain has backed up almost every other day. We have paid to rent augers with 75 to 100 ft lines to snake it out every few months Every time we'd pull out more and more tree roots. We have had to deal with this disgusting human waste sewer water, on us and on our things, for 2 years. I don't want to stay anywhere I'm not wanted, but I need more time. I was told I would have until 11/1, but the hearing is 10/13. Do I have any room to ask for at least that much time? What makes it more difficult is no one wants to rent to you if you have an eviction. Any actual legal advice would be more than appreciated. I don't know how to write a legal response to the court notice.