Yuck!!! Just gotta love "ex's", I have an ex-wife myself.
Anyways, Im pretty sure she cannot take you to "federal court" over this. Your ex is trying to scare and intimidate you with idle-threats and so forth. My best advice would be to contact your attorney (if you had one for the divorce proceedings, etc) If there was a LEGAL AGREEMENT in writing, and signed off and certified by the Superior Court where you dealt with all this then as long as YOU are abiding by and sticking to the divorce legal agreements and everything, and your ex is in breach of any of the said agreements, then ANY POSSIBLE legal ramifications will be ON him/her. Just do WHATEVER you are supposed to per the LEGAL agreements that were set forth in court, and if he/she is in violation of any of it, take the case back into court and you will be fine, but your ex will have some explaining to do before a judge. If how the two of you legally agreed upon or were court-ordered as far as how you guys are to file your taxes, just "stick with the script" so to speak, and if their in violation of any of it, that is totally on them. Judges and courts will usually work WITH YOU if they see that YOU are doing what you're supposed to, and they can create some pretty bad days for ex's who ARENT doing what they're supposed to, and they can see right through trouble-maker ex's who are just playing vindictive games using the court/legal system as a "weapon" and those who are just frivolously wasting the court's time with their own self-created "drama". The Courts do not take kindly to such people. I know firsthand, it can be a BRUTAL, and sometimes grossly UNFAIR "game" you must play. But just "play" along with the "game" the Court set forth for you guys - play by THEIR RULES , and your ex can play by his/her own rules but sooner or later it WILL ALL come back to bite him/her in the butt. Hang in there as best you can, take my words to heart and you will be OK. Your ex can go jump in a lake. Dont allow yourself to get sucked into the threats, and drama, and animosity that your ex is perpetuating on you. This IS WHAT he/she wants. Just let the threats and nastiness go in one ear and out the other. I hope that helps, and I wish you all the best!!
*LightyearsBeyond*
