Legal Question in Family Law in Florida
Child support order says that NCP must pay 1/2 of the uninsured medical expenses. CP must send copies of bills and NCP has 60 days to pay. If no payment, either party can file with court to have it added to arrears.
60 days come and gone. NCP owes thousands and has made no effort to pay. DOR non-responsive in enforcement action.
Until order can be modified, can't CP just ask medical care providers to send bills to NCP? Doesn't seem right that CP must front the money and then try to collect from deadbeat NCP.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Frankly, since the NCP is responsible for the remaining medical expenses, if your medical provider will do so they can send him/her the outstanding invoice. Whether he'll respond better that way is not a guarantee. In the meantime, however, most of these facilities required you to sign for your child to receive services and you would be the person obligated under their billing procedures. Unfortunately due to backlog, DOR is often times slow at responding to your request. I would recommend just continue pushing DOR as well as providing the medical provider with NCP's contact info. You have a court order stating his/her obligations to the uncovered medical expenses.
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