Legal Question in Family Law in Connecticut

If my x wife is not paying her portion of the medical bills that states in the divorce decree. Can I deduct this my her lifetime pension payment she was awarded that I pay her myself weekly. Her childsupport and alimony is deducted by my check.

I cant get her to pay her balance on her medical bills, so this seems to be the only way to handle this by subtracking her portion from her weekly payments I send her with of course a receipt showing her what she owes. Otherwise this goes against my credit. She has already lost our home she was awarded and sabortage my credit. I have been for the last 2 years paying 100% of all the medical bills including her 39% portion.

Any help will be apprieciated.


Asked on 9/09/09, 6:58 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Heffernan Heffernan Legal Group, LLP

Technically, you're supposed to take her back to court on a contempt motion to get her to pay her share of the medical. As a practical matter, if you simply deducted her portion from the pension payment and she took YOU to court on a contempt, I think it HIGHLY unlikely that a court would hold you in contempt, so long as you had (and gave her) the proper documentation for the deduction. The court doesn't favor self help, but judges aren't stupid, either. Make sure you retain proof of your efforts to get her to pay her share.

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Answered on 9/14/09, 10:14 am


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