What is the name of your state? Ohio
Originally posted by Ohiogal https://forum.freeadvice.com/showthread.php?t=389948
My question is - How does one go about asking for help from the father concerning maternity expenses?
Is this part of filling out the child support papers with the CSEA?
Do you have to go to court to get this? Is it something a lawyer has to ask for or can it be requested by the mother?
What maternity expenses exactly does it cover? Only medical bills related to the pregnancy (it was a very complicated pregnancy)? I missed 60 days of work, unpaid, while on bedrest and in the hospital. Thats "expenses of the mother's confinement, or expenses in connection with the mother's pregnancy" unless I'm interpreting wrong.
We made a plan for us to split the pregnancy/childbirth/son's bills 50/50 back at the beginning of the pregnancy, but so far - I'm the one who has paid all the bills.
Thanks for any advice.
Originally posted by Ohiogal https://forum.freeadvice.com/showthread.php?t=389948
I'm doing my research in the forums concerning child support and came across this post response by Ohiogal.722.712 Child born out of wedlock; liability of parents.
Sec. 2.
(1) The parents of a child born out of wedlock are liable for the necessary support and education of the child. They are also liable for the child's funeral expenses. Subject to subsections (2) and (3), based on each parent's ability to pay and on any other relevant factor, the court may apportion, in the same manner as medical expenses of the child are divided under the child support formula, the reasonable and necessary expenses of the mother's confinement and expenses in connection with her pregnancy between the parents and require the parent who did not pay the expense to pay his or her share of the expense to the other parent. At the request of a person other than a parent who has paid the expenses of the mother's confinement or expenses in connection with her pregnancy, the court may order a parent against whom the request is made to pay to the person other than a parent the parent's share of the expenses.
(2) If a pregnancy or a complication of a pregnancy has been determined in another proceeding to have been the result of either a physical or sexual battery by a party to the case, the court shall apportion these expenses to the party who was the perpetrator of the battery.
(3) If medicaid has paid the confinement and pregnancy expenses of a mother under this section, the court shall not apportion confinement and pregnancy expenses to the mother. After the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, based on the father's ability to pay and any other relevant factor, the court may apportion not more than 100% of the reasonable and necessary confinement and pregnancy costs to the father. If medicaid has not paid the confinement and pregnancy expenses of the mother under this section, the court shall require an itemized bill for the expenses upon request from the father before an apportionment is made.
(4) The court order shall provide that if the father marries the mother after the birth of the child and provides documentation of the marriage to the friend of the court, the father's obligation for payment of any remaining unpaid confinement and pregnancy expenses is abated subject to reinstatement after notice and hearing for good cause shown, including, but not limited to, dissolution of the marriage. The remaining unpaid amount of the confinement and pregnancy expenses owed by the father is abated as of the date that documentation of the marriage is provided to the friend of the court.
(5) Each confinement and pregnancy expenses order entered by the court on or before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection shall be considered by operation of law to provide for the abatement of the remaining unpaid confinement and pregnancy expenses if the father marries the mother and shall be implemented under the same circumstances and enforced in the same manner as for the abatement of confinement and pregnancy expenses provided by subsection (4).
(6) The court shall admit in proceedings under this act a bill for funeral expenses, expenses of the mother's confinement, or expenses in connection with the mother's pregnancy, which bill constitutes prima facie evidence of the amount of those expenses, without third party foundation testimony.
My question is - How does one go about asking for help from the father concerning maternity expenses?
Is this part of filling out the child support papers with the CSEA?
Do you have to go to court to get this? Is it something a lawyer has to ask for or can it be requested by the mother?
What maternity expenses exactly does it cover? Only medical bills related to the pregnancy (it was a very complicated pregnancy)? I missed 60 days of work, unpaid, while on bedrest and in the hospital. Thats "expenses of the mother's confinement, or expenses in connection with the mother's pregnancy" unless I'm interpreting wrong.
We made a plan for us to split the pregnancy/childbirth/son's bills 50/50 back at the beginning of the pregnancy, but so far - I'm the one who has paid all the bills.
Thanks for any advice.