Hello all, I'm one of the ' never thought it would be me '

Really need some help ,
In November this year it will be 2 years since my divorce.
My ex has recently emailed my old account demanding the costs??
Says the court awarded it, I'm finding it really hard as at the time I listed why I shouldn't pay on a document and Never heard anything else until I got the final decree.

Welcome to Wikivorce.

I assume you were the respondent in the divorce? It is fairly standard for the respondent to be expected to pay costs unless there is a prior agreement to the contrary.

If on the acknowledgement of service you objected to paying costs, there would likely have been a short hearing to decide whether you should. Sometimes these matters are determined on paper. Do you recall any correspondence of this nature?

There would have been a costs order issued at some point. This is enforceable through the civil courts.

Have you sorted out a financial settlement on divorce? Any costs owing can be dealt with as part of the financial settlement.

Hadenoughnow

Yes I was the respondent after I had enough and went to my parents. I did receive papers stating that the other party had said I should pay.
However there was a place to write your reasons not to pay.
I did this saying our joint account was emptied on the same day he opened a single account. I went to get some clothes and the locks were changed.
My car keys were taken and car sold.
I havent even had £10 so think it is unreasonable to ask me to pay

The divorce and financial settlement are separate matters. If you have not settled the finances, you could address the question of what you should have from the marriage. The divorce costs could be included in those negotiations.

However, without a court order to settle the finances, the situation now is that there appears to be a court order that you are liable for the divorce costs. Have you seen that order?? If such an order is in place it is enforceable like any debt.

Hadenoughnow

After the last email yesterday I asked to see the
Court order in an attachment by reply.
The response I got was on the first set of papers you recieve it would of shown he had applied for the costs. Which means he is entitled to them.
Entitled and awarded are two separate things?
If I had been ordered by a court to pay I would of thought I'd know by now , 20 months later is a joke and I believe he just wants to put it towards another holiday, How can I find out ?