Thanks to everyone for all the support you've shown me over the last several months while I awaited my day in court.
I won!!!
I got there very early as I knew I'd be a basket case and didn't want to feel rushed. Sat in my car, reviewed my notes and listened to my IPOD.
I saw X and daughter arrive (separately) and watched them walk in. Shortly afterwards I went in and as soon as my D saw me, she started crying. I went over to her (they were sitting together) and hugged her, told her not to cry, it would be OK and for her just to tell the truth. Then, I got up, turned to X and said, "You should be ashamed of yourself." And......he looked it!!!
My A came in, I had already called her at 7:30AM to tell her that my D had to appear. She called D over and said, as long as you don't have paperwork in your hand, you do not have to testify. Then Doug's A walked in and handed her the paperwork. My A went to his A and they talked. D was allowed to leave without testifying or witnessing anything!!! My A is awesome!!!
So, the night before, I had gone over all X's documents (which were all chicken scratched on various pieces of paper and made a spreadsheet of what X said I'd paid and what he claimed to have paid. Then, I added things to my list that X had no knowledge of. It was all very neat and organized and legible. I had receipts and documentation to back up everything on my "paid" list. My A loved it!!! It boiled down to the fact that I'd paid $24K and X had paid $26K towards D's expenses.
But........most of X's payments were put on credit cards which have been turned over to collections. I made sure my A brought this out. Soooooooo, my $24K has been paid in case and X's has really paid very little. Plus, I'm co-signer on $26K student loans for our D.
The judge ruled in my favor and actually reprimanded X for not handling his money or his business very well.
