Miss H, I can tell you that your XH owes you the $15,000, he will not get a reduction, and yes he will have to pay you. As for what happened at your house, well, you can get orders of protection or whatever, but he won't get the point until learning occurs. What I mean by that is, all these people understand is force. You can't reason with them, you can't be nice to them, you can't talk to them. I think this has been demonstrated by your efforts to work with him in the past. If I were you, I would go online and buy something called a tire thumper. Its a small lead filled baseball bat that is legal, as its used to check air pressure in tires. I would carry it with me at all times and if he gets in your face again, I would DEFINATELY check the air in his tire! Learning will occur if you take action such as that, I promise you. In the South, women just kill men who abuse them, they don't use the tire thumper! LOL See, I am not as hard core as others!