Legal Question in Business Law in New York

Payment policy for services rendered

Is it legal for a care care provider (day care center)

to change their policy from weekly payment (e.g. every

Friday following receipt of services for the week) to

demanding payment prior to providing child care

services? They are refusing admittance to any child

whose parents do not pay a week prior to service. A

one-day notice was given about this change. The

center is a non-profit agency who is demanding payment

from everyone in advance of providing services because

of a few families who are in arrears - regardless of

each family's paymen


Asked on 9/27/00, 10:14 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Walter LeVine Walter D. LeVine, Esq.

Re: Payment policy for services rendered

To my knowledge, there is no prohabition on their changing their billing policies. Being a non-profit, you might appreciate that since they receive no funding, they have concern that bills are not being paid, yet their expenses are fixed. If the advance payment is a problem, perhaps you can call them and explain the situation. They might work a separate deal for you, in view of your good payment history in the past.

Walter

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Answered on 10/26/00, 10:44 am


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