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      medical insurance

      Under my orders, my daughter is on my ex's insurance. It is a ppo and we divide uncovered expenses. Ex is supposed to provide me with insurance card and insurance information. My daughter has been seeing an out of network therapist, and I have been paying all of the uncovered portion. Ex was...
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      retainer issue

      I paid my lawyer a 5K retainer in January to handle my modification case. The case ended (successfully) in May. Monthly statements since then show that $1400 remains. I have asked by e-mail twice to ask when the remainder will be returned, and the paralegal has responded saying she will check...
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      scheduling phone calls?

      Does anyone have experience with orders or simply agreements regarding phone contact? What is usually considered reasonable and do-able? A "window" or an exact time? I've been allowed temporary relocation overseas and was urged by the judge to make sure ex can maintain contact with our...
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      modification question

      My current support order dates from 3.5 years ago. At that time, ex stated he worked for his wife on a contract basis (1099) and had made 20,000 after expenses. The judge ruled him underemployed and imputed an income 35K. During our recent visitation modification case, ex revealed that he was...
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      summer issues

      I am the CP of a nine year old and live in Illinois. Ex lives in Texas and Texas has jurisdiction. My ex gets 6 weeks of summer visitation. I get 21 days which I designate after he has chosen his dates. This year he has chosen a six weeks period that makes it impossible for me to have 21...
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      medical expenses and NCP responsibility

      My daughter is on my daughter's stepmom's insurance plan (PP0). Since the plan is based in another state (TX) and we live in IL, I have had many problems with finding in network providers. Daughter is currently in need of therapy, however, there are no child psychologists, or MSW, on the plan...
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      sick child and long distance visitation

      My daughter (age 9) flies to visit her father once a month. It is about a two hr. non-stop flight. This week she was not feeling well: she had a sore throat, a fever (around 100), and a slight cough. She was home from school Wednesday,Thursday, and Friday morning. During the day she was...
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      temporary relocation?

      I have a chance to work overseas for several months and am considering whether it would work in terms of my visitation arrangement with my ex husband. My daughter is 9, almost 10 and spends one weekend a month with dad, half on winter break, all of spring break, and six weeks in the summer...
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      communication with ex-spouse

      I have asked my ex not to contact me at work, by fax, email, phone, or snail mail. He persists in doing so, over my objections. Now he has started sending certified letters to my office. I answer his e-mails promptly, when there is a real matter concerning our daughter that has to be dealt...
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      advice?

      I live in Illiois, but Texas has jurisdiction. I've been divorced 7 years and have had custody of my 9 year-old daughter since the divorce. Ex sees her once a month and during the holidays. Things are very contentious and we have been back in court many times, most recently last December when...
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      should I be present?

      My ex and I went to court 8 months ago. He was suing for custody, I was suing to raise support and alter traveling arrangments. In the end, I retained custody, support was raised, etc. For the last 8 months, I have been struggling to get the order signed. Since ex was unhappy with what hte...
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      what do you think?

      My ex sued me for custody about 7 months ago and lost but he is constantly threatening to do it again. Now another conflict has come up that he says reveals that I am a bad parent. I asked my ex if he would take care of my daughter's routine dental check ups while she is with him. Here's...
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      summer visitation question

      My ex gets 6 weeks of summer visitation. I have no problem with that, but he takes it in 3 week intervals. My daughter goes for 3 weeks, comes home for 2, and then goes for another 3. Breaking it up this way doubles the cost (my daughter flies from Illinois to Texas), it creates problems...
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      grandmother's illness, school, and NCP

      My mom is very ill and has been diagnoses with cancer. She will have surgery in two weeks. She'd like to see my daughter before then, but my daughter is scheduled to fly to visit her father the day after school ends (a week from Friday). They are very close. I am contemplating having my...
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      passport issue

      My daughter got a passport five years ago, before there was the rule that NCP must sign off as well. During that time, we traveled overseas often with ex's knowledge. Now my daughter's passport has expired and when I asked ex to sign the form to get it renewed, he refused. I'm not sure why...
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      motion for entry (again!)

      I went to court with ex last December. He was suing for custody, and I was suing to raise support and alter the travel arrangements for visitation. I retained custody, support was raised, etc. His lawyer produced a draft of an order that did not mesh with the judge's verbal order, so my...
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      visitation, minor child, cancelled flights

      What is the name of your state? TX has jurisdiction, we live in IL My 8 year old daughter flies to visit her father once a month, from Chicago to Dallas. The NCP lives about 2 hours outside of Dallas. Last night because of bad weather her flight home was delayed for several hours and...
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      speech therapy

      What is the name of your state? TX The learning specialist at my daughter's school recommended she recieve speech therapy, because she has problems with specific sounds that make her speech somewhat difficult to understand. The school does not offer therapy in house so she has been going to a...
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      getting new order signed

      What is the name of your state? Texas has jurisdiction. We live in Illinois. I went to court in December. He sued for custody after I moved out of state, while I sued for changes in visitation and child suport After the hearing (I retained custody and got an increase in support), the...
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      insurance issues

      What is the name of your state? Texas has jurisdiction. We live in Illinois. Two years ago, my ex filed to get daughter's health insurance transferred to his wife's policy arguing that the cost was lower. It was, but her insurance is an HMO versus my PPO. Since then I have kept paying for my...
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