What is the name of your state? Virginia
My exwife was awarded custody of my daughter. It was agreed that I would provide my daughter with insurance coverage untill she was eighteen. My exwife and I were supposed to split the remaining medical fees.
My daughter moved in with a friend when she was 17 1/2 . She was planning on getting married as soon as she turned 18. We argued about this constantly. She finally quit answering my phone calls. She was mad because I refused to pay for her wedding. So, she went to the dentist and had a filling (her only one) replaced with the white polymer filling being used now.
She also had the tops of her teeth coated with a clear substance that filled in the crevises. The dentist is now expecting me to pay the 1200 dollar bill. I didn't sign anything. Am I legally responsible? I was very upset and called the dentist. I asked who authorized this procedure and was told that I had. I told them NO I had not. They replied that it didn't matter because she was 17 (and that they could not bill her), That I was liable.
They have turned it over to a collection agency. It seems that no matter what I do now I lose.
I am very upset with the dentist for not getting a parents signature. Is there a government agency that I can report him to? The better bussiness bureau? Anything?
AM I RESPONSIBLE?
Thank You,
Mike
My exwife was awarded custody of my daughter. It was agreed that I would provide my daughter with insurance coverage untill she was eighteen. My exwife and I were supposed to split the remaining medical fees.
My daughter moved in with a friend when she was 17 1/2 . She was planning on getting married as soon as she turned 18. We argued about this constantly. She finally quit answering my phone calls. She was mad because I refused to pay for her wedding. So, she went to the dentist and had a filling (her only one) replaced with the white polymer filling being used now.
She also had the tops of her teeth coated with a clear substance that filled in the crevises. The dentist is now expecting me to pay the 1200 dollar bill. I didn't sign anything. Am I legally responsible? I was very upset and called the dentist. I asked who authorized this procedure and was told that I had. I told them NO I had not. They replied that it didn't matter because she was 17 (and that they could not bill her), That I was liable.
They have turned it over to a collection agency. It seems that no matter what I do now I lose.
I am very upset with the dentist for not getting a parents signature. Is there a government agency that I can report him to? The better bussiness bureau? Anything?
AM I RESPONSIBLE?
Thank You,
Mike