My question involves child support in the State of: Original order from TN, currently in NC, father in unknown state
Hi, I have three children of this order, originally divorced in TN, now living in NC. Father lives probably in Ohio, but he moves frequently and refuses to provide me an address. I do have a cell phone number and an email address. I have had over the past month a large amount of dental and vision expenses for the three children, which my insurance paid the vast majority of, but my out of pocket for the visits and glasses was $818.10. I have no way to mail the father a physical copy of the bill as he refuses to supply an address (on another note, he dodged out of his last state with a contempt hearing hanging over his head for unpaid support. Old state says that they have information that he is in a new state which they will not name. He has made no payments for over a year and is more than $25,000 behind). Is it sufficient to send the bills via email with a return receipt through read notify? I know collecting on these bills will be very difficult but I know if I don't send them I can never hope to get what is owed.
Also, he claims that because he didn't give me permission to take them, he owes nothing. To me, our order does not read that I must have permission. I will copy and paste the pertinent areas.
Major decisions regarding each child shall be made as follows:
(this part would not copy and paste, but it shows a check next to mother for educational decisions, non-emergency healthcare, religious upbringing, and extracurricular activities)
OTHER: Should the Mother not consult with the Father on non-emergency healthcare and take the children for treatment with a provider who does not accept Tricare, the Father shall not be responsible for any non-covered expenses associated with said treatment. Should the Mother enroll in the children to participate in extracurricular activities without the consent of the Father, the Father’s visitation shall take precedence over said extracurricular activities.
Note: The father no longer has Tricare, and I am actually providing insurance. However, we live near a military base, and all of the places we incurred bills do actually accept Tricare, because I thought if I went somewhere that did not, he would try to worm out of paying using that loophole.)
Additionally:
Uncovered reasonable and necessary medical expenses, which may include but is not limited to, deductibles or co-payments, eyeglasses, contact lens, routine annual physicals, and counseling will be paid by mother father X pro rata in accordance with their incomes. After insurance has paid its portion, the parent receiving the bill will send it to the other parent within ten days. The other parent will pay his or her share within 30 days of receipt of the bill.
This part I am less sure of. I am assuming that this means that it is split using the same income percentages from our child support work sheet? At the time of the divorce, the incomes were
Father’s gross monthly income is $ 3481.67
Mother’s gross monthly income is $ 1260.00
Am I correct to assume that this is what we should work from? So he should really be responsible for 73% of this bill, and I should be responsible for 27%? Our incomes have changed some since then (well mine has, I really have no idea if he even has an income at this point) but it seems unrealistic that we would figure out a new percentage every time someone got a raise? We were supposed to have a review of child support 5 months ago but he would not send any documentation and so the caseworker left things as is.
I am willing to split 50-50 with him, but he is refusing to pay anything on the basis that I did not ask permission before taking the kids to get fillings and eye exams done. :wallbang:
Hi, I have three children of this order, originally divorced in TN, now living in NC. Father lives probably in Ohio, but he moves frequently and refuses to provide me an address. I do have a cell phone number and an email address. I have had over the past month a large amount of dental and vision expenses for the three children, which my insurance paid the vast majority of, but my out of pocket for the visits and glasses was $818.10. I have no way to mail the father a physical copy of the bill as he refuses to supply an address (on another note, he dodged out of his last state with a contempt hearing hanging over his head for unpaid support. Old state says that they have information that he is in a new state which they will not name. He has made no payments for over a year and is more than $25,000 behind). Is it sufficient to send the bills via email with a return receipt through read notify? I know collecting on these bills will be very difficult but I know if I don't send them I can never hope to get what is owed.
Also, he claims that because he didn't give me permission to take them, he owes nothing. To me, our order does not read that I must have permission. I will copy and paste the pertinent areas.
Major decisions regarding each child shall be made as follows:
(this part would not copy and paste, but it shows a check next to mother for educational decisions, non-emergency healthcare, religious upbringing, and extracurricular activities)
OTHER: Should the Mother not consult with the Father on non-emergency healthcare and take the children for treatment with a provider who does not accept Tricare, the Father shall not be responsible for any non-covered expenses associated with said treatment. Should the Mother enroll in the children to participate in extracurricular activities without the consent of the Father, the Father’s visitation shall take precedence over said extracurricular activities.
Note: The father no longer has Tricare, and I am actually providing insurance. However, we live near a military base, and all of the places we incurred bills do actually accept Tricare, because I thought if I went somewhere that did not, he would try to worm out of paying using that loophole.)
Additionally:
Uncovered reasonable and necessary medical expenses, which may include but is not limited to, deductibles or co-payments, eyeglasses, contact lens, routine annual physicals, and counseling will be paid by mother father X pro rata in accordance with their incomes. After insurance has paid its portion, the parent receiving the bill will send it to the other parent within ten days. The other parent will pay his or her share within 30 days of receipt of the bill.
This part I am less sure of. I am assuming that this means that it is split using the same income percentages from our child support work sheet? At the time of the divorce, the incomes were
Father’s gross monthly income is $ 3481.67
Mother’s gross monthly income is $ 1260.00
Am I correct to assume that this is what we should work from? So he should really be responsible for 73% of this bill, and I should be responsible for 27%? Our incomes have changed some since then (well mine has, I really have no idea if he even has an income at this point) but it seems unrealistic that we would figure out a new percentage every time someone got a raise? We were supposed to have a review of child support 5 months ago but he would not send any documentation and so the caseworker left things as is.
I am willing to split 50-50 with him, but he is refusing to pay anything on the basis that I did not ask permission before taking the kids to get fillings and eye exams done. :wallbang:
Expenses: Out of Pocket Dental Expenses
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