Ex provides insurance and lost her job, do I need to provide?

Question: My ex-wife was ordered to maintain health insurance coverage for our child. She has since lost her job and her insurance. I can’t put our child on my insurance because he does not live with me more than half of the year. Will I have to provide the health …

Fact or Fiction: The Divorce Checklist

By Jill A. Duffy Attorney, Cordell & Cordell Note: This is Part 2 of two-part series on breaking down The List. I previously examined the seven “cardinal rules” that should be considered the law in your divorce litigation. The Dads Divorce Forums are extremely popular and one of the more …

If I take her to court for failing to pay medical bills, can she bring up other issues like custody?

Question: After my ex-wife neglected to take our children to the dentist for years, I scheduled appointments for all of them, which resulted in some out-of-pocket medical expenses that my insurance did not cover. I keep asking for reimbursement from my ex-wife and she keeps ignoring it. I’m afraid if …

Divorce Insurance: Why You Need It

By Matt Allen Editor, DadsDivorce.com John Logan’s divorce battle was so contentious his friends called it “War of the Logans,” playing off the infamously bitter divorce movie “War of the Roses.” “When it was over, I was broke, losing my home, about to lose my job,” Logan recalled. “I thought …

Is there relief from the courts if I’m in contempt?

Question: I have to pay a huge lump sum alimony. I am currently in contempt and threatened every day. My ex-wife recently forged my name to an insurance check and loan modification paperwork in which one of her friends notarized. She is determined to ruin me. Is there hope of …

Can the amount of child support and health insurance costs be more than half of my pay?

Question: My ex-wife wants me to pay all of the children’s health insurance costs in addition to child support. That would be easily exceed 50% of my net income. Can the total amount of child support and health insurance costs be more than half of my pay?

How can I keep my ex from holding onto bills then dumping them all on me at once?

Question: Per the divorce decree, I am 100% responsible for paying my child’s health insurance along with most of the out-of-pocket medical expenses. The problem is my ex will not tell me when she receives the bills and ends up unloading a huge stack on me at once with limited …

Can you retain a lawyer at any point during the divorce?

Question: If my wife has agreed to and signed the final divorce decree in an uncontested divorce that is pending a final court date, can she still obtain legal counsel? Also, if she has an illness, but has not been deemed legally disabled, do I have to maintain her health …

Will Medicaid cover our newborn son?

Question: My fiancee is on Medicaid. Toward the end of her pregnancy she said that Medicaid would not cover our baby if he had my last name. At the time I didn’t question her because she said once we were married we could change his name to mine. Now everyone …

When is an order to pay uninsured medical expenses effective?

Question: My question takes place after a modification. I am suppose to pay 50% of unpaid medical expenses. Does this start when the judge signed the papers? Also, does this include current treatments the child is going through if they started months before the judge signed the modification papers?