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Asked: Apr 25, 2010

Who would legally required to pay the balances after a divorce?

Son is now 18 but still on fathers health care plan. E wife is suppose to pay first 100 out of pocket then a percentage. She has not ever done this. Now that the divorce decree is no longer valid. He has graduated and is of age. But still on father's policy, e-wife is sending all medical bills to our home. If she took the child to the doctor and signed all the paper work, who would legally be required to pay the balances that insurance didn't cover? She signed and filled out all of the information.

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This would depend on who is billing for these services. If it is the insurance company, then all co-pays and coinsurance are the responsibility of the policy holder, which in this case would be your husband. Any commitment from the e-wife to pay for these share-of-costs would not be the concern of the insurance company. If the bills are coming from the physician, and the e-wife authorized treatments, she should be legally responsible for paying these bills. But, now that the son in 18, he will be the responsibility party in signing for treatment.

Answered: Apr 28, 2010

 

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