When court ordered to pay half of your childs un insured medical bills. should you have to pay half of copay?
439458
Technically he does not have to pay... If that is the way it is worded... because it is the INSURED medical bills that have a co-pay. \nIf however he is to pay 1/2 the medical expenses not paid by the insurance...then the co-pay is a medical expense the insurance didn't pay. \nSo it's a technicality. \nI'm not going to answer your question of whether he should or should not pay 1/2 the copay.
1002927
I dont think so. If you are ordered to pay a percent you have to pay that and what she pays or doesnt pay doesnt matter.  Just make sure you pay or share and CYOA  (cover your own a..)
140058
Its hard to say.. When you went to court you should have made sure that the 6000 was going to be taken care of by the other party. If the person you went to court with has no money.. and probably never will.. don't expect a dime.. after lawyer fee's and all that other crap.. it won't be worth it.. if the other party does have money.. its probably time for a lawsuit if you have not received the money you should have been entitled to...
639158
ok my mom and dad are divorced and it all depends on how many children there are if he won't pay you up front you could always get it taken out of his pay check or take his as* to court untill he gets so sick of it......and make sure you get joint-custidy(something like that I can't spell very well) ok
896717
The other person's insurance does NOT have an obligation to pay you, until after you sue their client in court and win. \n\nYou need to ask what the delay is.  If it's not reasonable, or if it's been delayed more than 6 months with no action, then it might be time to hire a lawyer - but keep in mind, the lawyer is going to take about 40% of whatever the settlement is.   That's why you want to try to do it on your own before calling in a lawyer.
793501
Patricia--if you're disabled and raising two children (not your own?) you should apply for every service your county has to offer you--ie food stamps, medical assistance, care taker supplements or cash aid, if available in your state.  The state will be compelled to collect partial repayment from the father (and mother if these are not your children.)  You won't have to wait for a deadbeat to pay--the state sends you the aid and collects partial repayment.  Your child should also be eligible for benefits off your social security if you haven't been collecting that already.  After you've applied for EVERYTHING your eligible for THEN go to your child support office and give them any information you have on the children's father (and mother).  If you do have an order for support and he is only making partial payments he still owes you that money.  Agencies are reluctant to take people who are 'making an effort' back to court because it encourages those who REALLY are trying to quit.  If he is just gaming the system--demand your case be enforced and he be taken back to court and held in contempt.\n\nGood luck!
38988
It depends. Yes, If it is a life threatening situation, go to the financial dept. of your hospital and tell them your need a application in which the government will pay all or part of your bill (it's based on your income). THey have it. It's a federal law.  Good Luck.
792047
If the mom co-signed to be responsible for the son's expenses if he did not pay them, you can sue just her. If there are 5 people involved in an issue, you can sue all 5 or just 1. Does not matter. If the mom is smart, she will give the son up.
327239
You need to check with your state.  In my state it is considered a part of the support.  In the child support calculator for my state, it asks if either parent pays a premium for insurance for the children, or pays "extraordinary medical costs."  The calculator then includes that in the calculation of support paid.\n\nBasically, if the parent paying support provides insurance, they get credit for no nore than HALF of what they pay for the insurance taken out of what they would pay you.  So if the non-custodial parent pays $50/month for the portion of the policy that includes the children (not the whole premium, just the added cost of the children's coverage) then that parent will get no more than $25 towards their support for the month.\n\nSome of the other comments on here are also a little off from my experience and for my state (like the comment about support being reduced during summer visitation) so check your local laws.  you can google for your state and "child support guidelines" and you can read the rules about child support for your state.
64754
Tell him that you are just going to pick someone, participating or not, and send him the bill.  He is going to be legally responsible for the charges regardless of whether or not he authorized because the insurance is his and the decision to treat is yours (as custodial guardian).  Offer him the opportunity to give you the information so that you can try to choose someone that will cost him less money.  People will almost always respond to real threats to their pocketbook.
1128488
No you shouldn't...You should only sue if there is a monetary loss in my opinion.  Too many people are quick to sue because they see it as easy money.  I'm glad to know that your son wasn't hurt!
495662
in most cases no. The court usually set the child support soly on the fathers income. However anything that is considered unpaid medical may be split in a way that isnt 50/50.  In that case your combined income may be used.\nIf you have any other questions,or issues, let me know. I will tell all, I have been through about every custody and child support issue known.
935556
Tell her to immediately get on the phone and report that information to child support enforcement without delay!! Also make sure she doesn't mention that she is interested in finding out if the support cvan be garnished from it to the child's father because he may try to hide it or be more secretive. Tell her prior to calling try to find out from him who the insurance compnay is that he sued, that way when she contacts enforcement they will know what insurance agency to contact to put a garnish on it. I know it can be done, because my ex husband was hit by a car as a pedestrian and he was warded money. They took it and because he has such a history of not paying they even took out a year's worth of ADVANCE payments. Hopefully there is still some time before the insurance company pays to allow for enforcement to contact the insurance agency and to allow for them to get the petition to granish over to a judge to get signed. She needs to take advantage of this quickly before he gets that check and cashes it and it's too late for her to lay claim. If for some reason your state doesn't allow support to be garnished from a settlement, which I don't see why not, then she needs to make sure once she knows he has endorsed that check that she stays on enforcement's back of pursuing him to comply with child support...I'm sure if they don't garnish his check, once he cashes it and he has a choice of jail or paying a 5th of his check to support, he'll choose to pay.
682070
If you have not signed over your rights as a parents, then as far as AZ law goes, yes you could be responsible for UP TO half of the damages. I'm not familiar with Ohio laws though.
698331
DO NOT PAY THE DOCTOR UP FRONT! Let them bill the insurance first. Reason being - doctors can, in theory, bill whatever they like. What they get paid by an insurance company is a completely different matter. It's called "contracted rate" = meaning, it's a prenegotiated rate that's agreed upon between the doctor and the insurance company. A cash-paying patient usually pays more. For example - my office bills $80 for a general office visit. Insurance companies pay anywhere from $15-$35, plus the copay. (which is anywhere from $5-$25 - often, the more the patient pays, the less the plan does.) Now, if someone has a plan where this visit was to go to the deductible, the insurance would tell us to bill the patient, let's say, $55.01 = which is what the insurance would pay once the deductible is met. By the doctor's office billing the insurance first, not only do you not have to pay out the wazoo, the insurance will track how much goes towards your deductible. \n\nI have to tell you - $149 a month for insurance with a deductible is pretty good. Especially since chances are you're not going to meet the deductible that often, if ever. If your company offers what they call an HSA - a Health Savings Account - try to get in on that. That's where they take a portion of your pretax dollars and set them aside to use for medical expenses (you usually get a debit-type card) that the insurance doesn't cover - like deductibles. The only drawback is = at the end of the year, whatever money you don't use, you lose. \n\nTo expand on what Phoenix said - catastrophic medical bills can, and often do, bankrupt a person. A simple hospital stay can be $10,000 a day. I know someone who's stepson had cancer - they had good insurance and still ended up nearly a million dollars in debt for his treatment. Once you meet the deductible, you should not have much, if anything else out of pocket - since it's such a high deductible. (The only thing she was a little off about was the copay part - not everyone has copays, some plans have copays for office visits, but a separate deductible for any procedures like bloodwork or throat cultures. Some plans have deductibles for the hospital only, some have a deductible only if you go out of network. There's literally hundreds of thousands of plans out there with different variations. )\n\nI hope this cleared things up for you. Good luck! Stay well. =)
175470
If the medical bills are your spouses, you may be able to get a judge to rule that they are responsible for the debt in the divorce papers. If the bills are for you or your child, I don't think you'll find a judge that will place the entire burden on your spouse.
176026
Sorry buddy but you will have to pay it all.  It does not matter how old you child is now. Or even if the new dad is claiming him. All a judge is going to see is that you owe. Just because they may not need the money now they needed it then and did not get it. I know it was hard. It is for most fathers and mothers who have to pay. You can try. But I don't think its gonna go through.