Joint Custody of a Niece?

[cwill914]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Georgia

I'd like to take joint custody of my niece, and I do have the parents' permission. I'd basically like to do it in order to add her to my insurance and to help with her medical expenses, as since her father was laid off from his job, she has not been covered and she has been having some medical problems for the last 6-8 months. Can I download a joint custody form and have it notarized to add her to my insurance? Is this even legas since her parents aren't separated?

 

[Banned_Princess]

So you want to commit insurance fraud? Yea, so were just going to tell you how, and that you can, do that.


You have to have an actual judge give you any kind of custody, and what makes you think any judge in their right mind will approve what you said.


I'm not even going to get into the ridiculousness of your post. just gonna say NO.

The child's parents are the ones responsible for the care of the child, and you hint that they are married! I'm sure if the insurance problem is that serious that they (the parents) can go to DSS and get the youngin some insurance, state aid.

jeeez.

 

[TheGeekess]

Short answer: No.

Georgia has Medicaid and Georgia Peachcare Home .

If you want to help, get Mom and Dad to enroll their daughter in the program and you can pay whatever copays there are.

 

[LdiJ]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Georgia

I'd like to take joint custody of my niece, and I do have the parents' permission. I'd basically like to do it in order to add her to my insurance and to help with her medical expenses, as since her father was laid off from his job, she has not been covered and she has been having some medical problems for the last 6-8 months. Can I download a joint custody form and have it notarized to add her to my insurance? Is this even legas since her parents aren't separated?

What kind of medical problems has she been having? Why don't her parents qualify for medicaid for her if her father is laid off?

If she has pre-existing conditions there is no guarantee that your insurance would cover her either.

I can understand your desire to make sure that an ill child has coverage, but you could jump through a lot of hoops without getting a good result, and as others have pointed out, it could be fraud.

 

[ecmst12]

Could be? DEFINITELY fraud. If the kid is not your legal dependent, then you can't put her on your insurance. And you can't have joint custody of a child that isn't yours.

 

[LdiJ]

Could be? DEFINITELY fraud. If the kid is not your legal dependent, then you can't put her on your insurance. And you can't have joint custody of a child that isn't yours.

Well...its not at all true that someone cannot have joint custody of a child that isn't theirs. Anything can happen if agreed upon in court and there have been many instances where there has been agreed upon joint custody between a parent and a third party.

Its also not at all true that someone cannot be put on a company insurance plan if that person is not a legal dependent. It depends on the company plan and the company rules. If you were accurate on that then no NCP could carry insurance on their child unless they got to claim the child every year as a dependent...and no stepparent would EVER get to put a child on their insurance, which we all know is untrue.

It also is not guaranteed that an agreed upon court order would result in fraud...again, it depends on the company rules.

Nevertheless, the OP needs to answer the questions I asked.

 

[ecmst12]

A legal dependent according to the policy's definition of a dependent.

 

[LdiJ]

A legal dependent according to the policy's definition of a dependent.

Which we have no idea if it would apply or not in this scenario. Its quite possible that you are correct in regards to this OP. However its possible that you are not.

 

[Banned_Princess]

Nevertheless, the OP needs to answer the questions I asked.

Which she wont, because her idea to share custody with two actual parents to get kid insurance is stupid.

Even with both parents agreement, they still have to get it past a judge.

 

[ecmst12]

I suppose But it's still shady-sounding, especially when there are plenty of 100% legal options out there to make sure the child has coverage.

 

[LdiJ]

I suppose But it's still shady-sounding, especially when there are plenty of 100% legal options out there to make sure the child has coverage.

Shady sounding is a whole lot different than:

Could be? DEFINITELY fraud. If the kid is not your legal dependent, then you can't put her on your insurance. And you can't have joint custody of a child that isn't yours

The point I am making, (whether I agree morally or not) is that you are wrong about custody and that you could be wrong about insurance.

You should not be making pronouncements about either unless you are certain of your legal position.