Child Support Modification Based On Health Insurance Coverage

Question: Per my parenting plan under the heading “Child Support” I am to pay my ex-wife child support for the cost of health insurance for my child. Those payments have been garnished, but I learned my ex-wife has not provided our child with insurance for many months. I was told …

Money Made Easy: Should You Buy Pet Insurance?

Pet insurance: a topic that would seem inane 20 years ago is now a booming industry with one million pets and counting covered by insurance. Revenue for U.S. pet insurance plans was more than $300 million in 2009 is predicted to reach $753 million by 2014, according to consumer research …

Who Is Responsible For Health Insurance Coverage Post-Divorce?

Question: My question is about health insurance coverage post-divorce. I have employer insurance that I put my children on because my ex-wife refuses to use her employer’s health/dental insurance for the children. Are both parents required to take insurance from their employers while the children are under 18? Which parent …

Modifying Child Support For A Child You Don’t Know

Question: My question is about child support and paternity laws. Paternity was established and I have been deemed the father of a son I did not know about for many years. I have also been ordered to pay child support. I have two children with my current wife and this …

Child Support Modification If The Judge Thinks You Caused Your Unemployment

Question: I tried to modify child support after I lost my job, but the judge denied it saying I lost my job based on my own conduct, which is untrue because I’m collecting unemployment. I then tried another child support modification based on the fact that my health insurance increased …

Modifying Insurance Reimbursement Costs

Question: I am paying child support in addition to insurance reimbursement. The child support amount is not the problem; it’s the monthly insurance reimbursement, which accounts for roughly 20% of my monthly income! Is there a limit to the amount of insurance reimbursement I am ordered to pay in addition …

Divorce Complicates Health Insurance Coverage

Finding cheap health insurance is a justifiably high priority for most divorced dads. Divorce entails far more than emotional and social disassociation. Physical separation from beloved children is also a very common by-product of acrimonious breakups. Most divorced dads desperately desire to retain an active role in their children’s everyday …

Enrolling Children In Another Health Insurance Provider

Question: Per my divorce decree, I am responsible for paying child support and my children’s health insurance. I can no longer afford to enroll my children in health insurance offered through my work and would like to enroll them in a program offered by the state. However, my state requires …

If I Already Pay Child Support Do I Also Pay For Insurance?

Question: My question is about child support and health insurance. I recently started a new job and declined their health insurance coverage because I cannot afford it. Can the state make me provide insurance on my child that I already pay child support for even though I cannot even afford …

Paternity Law: What To Expect If You’re An Unwed Father

By Robin W. Klein Mens Divorce Attorney, Cordell and Cordell Paternity law is a complex area of law that frequently discriminates against fathers rights. It’s not uncommon for family law attorneys to have clients with children that have never been married to the mother nor been to court who simply …