Kelli Ferrell’s case against ex-husband Chuvalo “Mark” Ferrell is moving. Mark was thrown in jail for allegedly failing to pay child support. This new development comes just months after Kelli hired her Real Housewives of Atlanta castmate Phaedra Parks to be her attorney.
Mark Ferrell was imprisoned after allegedly failing to pay child support
Phaedra is putting that law degree to good use, helping Kelli in her court battle with Mark. And now, US Weekly is reporting that there was a hearing on December 22 as part of Kelli’s lawsuit against Mark for his unpaid child support.
The court determined that Mark was in contempt of court for owing $61,992. The judge ruled that Mark’s failure to pay was willful and ordered the court to take Mark into custody. He must pay $31,000 of the debt. Upon release, Mark was instructed to pay $1,000 monthly to Kelli until he completed the balance.
He was also ordered to continue paying his monthly child support amounting to $3,991 as he makes up his balance. According to Mark’s representative, he offered immediate access to “escrowed funds of $74,000 from the sale of his home” to satisfy the obligation fully. He also said that Mark claims to have never refused child support.
He claimed that Mark has made repeated attempts to send partial payments but that Kelli refused to accept these until the full amount was paid at once. Presently, a hearing on January 8 is set to resolve the funds-in-escrow issue.
Kelli and Mark have gone back and forth since their split, and things have gotten pretty ugly. Kelli hired Phaedra against Mark for attempting to block their kids from filming RHOA. For his part, Mark has claimed that Kelli has denied him his visitation rights. Kelli denies this claim and says that she has never prevented him from seeing the kids.
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