Can I Lower Child Support If Ex-Wife Is Receiving Medicaid?

Question: My ex is ordered to provide private health insurance for our daughter and these costs were added when calculating my child support payments owed to her. I have reason to believe she is using Medicaid and not providing private insurance to our child, which essentially means I am paying …

Can My Wife Remove Me From Her Health Insurance?

Question: My spouse removed me from her health insurance during open enrollment at work even though we have not yet filed for divorce. Knowing that we would file divorce soon, did my spouse commit an unlawful act by removing me from her health insurance coverage?

Responsibility For Medical Costs Not Covered By Insurance

Question: In my divorce decree it states that I am responsible for medical and dental insurance and all costs not covered by insurance, though it doesn’t state for how long. My child is likely considered emancipated since she is no longer in school and has a child of her own, …

Paying Medical Expenses For Minor Children By Being Listed As A Guarantor

Question: Can my ex-wife list me as a “guarantor” for medical expenses for my minor children without notifying me? I was just informed that I owe thousands of dollars in unpaid medical bills that I never received notice of since it was my ex-wife taking our kids to the doctor …

Giving Approval To An Ex To Take The Child To A Psychologist

Question: Per our parenting plan, my daughter is on my ex-wife’s insurance policy as it is the most cost-effective. We split the monthly premium. I recently took my daughter to see a child psychologist, which upset my ex-wife. Nowhere in the parenting plan does it say we have to both …

Covering Your Wife’s Health Insurance During & After Divorce

By Laura Langenburg Cordell & Cordell Divorce Lawyer What are your obligations and/or options in regards to maintaining your wife’s health insurance coverage during and after the divorce?

Paying For College: What Does Non-Minor Support Cover?

By Natalie Bower Cordell & Cordell Divorce Lawyer If you are divorced, depending on the state where you live, the court could order you to pay for your child’s college – something no court could ever order a married couple to do. Roughly half the states have statutory provisions or …

How Can I Prove My Ex Is Bi-Polar To Modify Custody?

Question: My ex-wife has undiagnosed narcissistic personality disorder with signs of being bi-polar and it is damaging our children when she has custody. On her visitation weekends, it’s just a series of badmouthing the kids and making fun of them, and I would like to modify child custody. How much …

Reimbursing Ex-Wife For Children’s Medical Expenses

Question: I am ordered to reimburse a percentage of medical expenses for my children. I recently paid $4,000 to my ex-wife for braces for one of my kids. However, after I paid, she received a $3,000 refund from the original orthodontist and then went to another orthodontist and I was …

Keeping Your Employer From Sending Health Insurance Information To Your Ex-Wife

Question: My children were recently ordered by the court to be placed on my health insurance provided to me through my employer. I do not want my employer sending any information about my policies directly to my ex-wife. I’m fine with forwarding her only the necessary information. How do I …