Medical Records / Background Info

[mcwjjm]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Ohio. Is it possible to request records for a person's hospital stay? And what about college attendenace and employement / financial records [bad credit]? Thanks.

 

[cbg]

Is it possible? Sure, it's possible. You can ask for anything you want.

However, if you want to know whether or not you'll actually get them once you ask, you're going to have to give us a lot more detail as to what you're talking about.

 

[mcwjjm]

I'm preparing documentation for a custody case where the plaintiff attempted suicide and spent a week in the hospital. How is that relevant to my request? I believe I have a copy of their resume' they left but how would you obtain their credit history? I have documentation of contact information from creditors tracking them down and documentation of a 10k loan they defaulted on.

 

[cbg]

The hospital absolutely may not release the records of his stay to you unless they are under a court order to do so, or else have a written authorization from the person whose records they are. That is Federal law - that infamous "HIPAA" you've heard tell about.

You also need a written authorization to obtain his credit history.

While the law does not prohibit an employer from providing their information, few if any will do so. They don't even like giving it out to other employers - they're sure as heck not going to give it out to a private individual without a fight. And you would have to go from employer to employer - contrary to popular belief, there is no all-in-one database wherein lies a full employment record. Not outside IRS, the SSA, and the state unemployment offices, at least. And they're sure not talking.

As for college attendance, get real. My husband teaches at the unversity level, and I doubt he could come up with attendance records for his students last term. If all you want is yes he did/no he did not take classes at such and such a university, you can try the burser's office and if they're in a really good mood and don't have much to do that day, they might look it up for you. If you say please a few hundred times.

 

[ecmst12]

This person's credit history is not relevent to a custody case. The medical/psych history MIGHT be relevent, but that is ground you really shouldn't be treading on without a lawyer.

 

[mcwjjm]

This person's credit history is not relevent to a custody case. The medical/psych history MIGHT be relevent, but that is ground you really shouldn't be treading on without a lawyer.

I believe I can show her credit history to paint a picture of a very irresponsible adult. Therefore why isn't it relevant? I'm saying she's not stable; emotionally or finiancially. If she's not fiscally responsible, with creditors calling me to collect unpaid debts wouldn't that be a strike against her case to become the residential parent? Lack of stability on the part of the residential parent planned a major part in gaining custody of my other child.

 

[Zigner]

I believe I can show her credit history to paint a picture of a very irresponsible adult. Therefore why isn't it relevant? I'm saying she's not stable; emotionally or finiancially. If she's not fiscally responsible, with creditors calling me to collect unpaid debts wouldn't that be a strike against her case to become the residential parent? Lack of stability on the part of the residential parent planned a major part in gaining custody of my other child.

Are you saying that, in order to have custody of a child, one cannot have money problems? Really?

 

[mcwjjm]

Are you saying that, in order to have custody of a child, one cannot have money problems? Really?

No, I'm not saying that. I said it's consistent with her overall lack of responsibilty. People have credit problems, she refuses to take responsibility of them.

 

[CourtClerk]

No, I'm not saying that. I said it's consistent with her overall lack of responsibilty. People have credit problems, she refuses to take responsibility of them.

If I were you, I'd stop handling my own custody case. You have no idea what is relevant and what is not.

Clue: one's credit history is NEVER relevant in custody cases.. even if.

 

[DAD10]

You need an attorney

I'm preparing documentation for a custody case where the plaintiff attempted suicide and spent a week in the hospital.

Was the child with the parent during the suicide attempt?
Are you talking about years before? days after?
Was the other parent aware of this before pregnancy?- (if before)


How is that relevant to my request? I believe I have a copy of their resume' they left but how would you obtain their credit history? I have documentation of contact information from creditors tracking them down and documentation of a 10k loan they defaulted on.

How did you obtain this? Ones credit has NOTHING to do with custody.
You need an attorney.

 

[cyjeff]

Allow me to echo the statements of the above.

You are fishing for information you can use to "wow" the judge in court... to try to paint some sort of a picture of your ex that you can use to sway the judge.

What you will end up doing is making your ex's case for her/him.

Just about everything you are asking for is either illegal or ethically suspect... or both.

I would, instead, look to qualified legal counsel to help you to understand what happens in court and the types of information the court requires to make its decision.

 

[mcwjjm]

Was the child with the parent during the suicide attempt?
Are you talking about years before? days after?
Was the other parent aware of this before pregnancy?- (if before)

How did you obtain this? Ones credit has NOTHING to do with custody. You need an attorney.

I had dropped off our two children for visitation hours earlier. She left the front door was unlooked and the children were with her. The suicide attempt took place last July. I was contacted by the police and picked up our children ASAP. At this point she had already asked me [in June] to "take the children" because she was being evicted, had quit her job a few months earlier and unable to care for them.