As more time goes by my fiance and I realize that the judge really didnt make his son's custody order very clear in MANY ways. His son (whom lives with us, Dad has sole physical custody) recently underwent surgery and our family has excellent insurance (luckily) but a portion of the surgery was not covered by insurance.
The boy's mother has been excused from the obligation of child support as the judge has recoginzed her as "involuntarily unemployed" and "incompacitated and unable to provide for herself." Although she recieves SSDI for herself and on behalf of the child (does not live with her) and numerous other sources of income mostly from governement aid. (FRUSTERATING) Her biggest problem is that she does not know how to prioritize and spend her money on things that are needed. (Like the child's needs)
To sum it all up she was excused from regular child support payments and Dad has to provide for everything, including medical/dental insurance. I have been told that un-insured medical costs should have been included in the order as well and there is nothing...... nothing saying she does or does not have to take responsibilty for it.
Since it is not mentioned either way would he be wrong to send her half of the bill. A split 50/50? Afterall he is her son too..
Its not that we are counting on any support or money for this bill from her because that would be foolish of us but if for once she could contribute to his needs it would be awesome.
The boy's mother has been excused from the obligation of child support as the judge has recoginzed her as "involuntarily unemployed" and "incompacitated and unable to provide for herself." Although she recieves SSDI for herself and on behalf of the child (does not live with her) and numerous other sources of income mostly from governement aid. (FRUSTERATING) Her biggest problem is that she does not know how to prioritize and spend her money on things that are needed. (Like the child's needs)
To sum it all up she was excused from regular child support payments and Dad has to provide for everything, including medical/dental insurance. I have been told that un-insured medical costs should have been included in the order as well and there is nothing...... nothing saying she does or does not have to take responsibilty for it.
Since it is not mentioned either way would he be wrong to send her half of the bill. A split 50/50? Afterall he is her son too..
Its not that we are counting on any support or money for this bill from her because that would be foolish of us but if for once she could contribute to his needs it would be awesome.
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