screamrcat
Junior Member
What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Pennsylvania
In 1998 a child support order was put into effect for both financial and medical (77/27 for unreimbursed) to be the father's responsibility. About four years ago the father and I verbally ammended the medically responsible clause because he lives out of state and I would be responsible for payment for services rendered up front and then have to send claim forms to the health insurance company to be reimbursed which these checks would ultimately go the the father. At that time my husband and I could not afford to pay for visits up front every time my daughter needed medical attention. To avoid neverending court battles to try to recover the money my husband and I offered to provide health insurance therefore relieving the father of medical responsibilty. In February of this year my daughter was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. There have been numerous doctor visits and medication trials and now the health insurance company is questioning who has legal custody and if there is an order concerning medical responsibility. There is no legal paper stating that either of us have "legal" custody. The father and I were never married and the child has been in my care all of her 15 years. The father does take her for a month every summer (started about 3 years ago) and about 2 holidays a year. With regards to religion, medical treatment, education I make those decisions as well as everything else. The father does not make desicions but I do make him aware of the decisions I make. I need to know if the verbal agreement to relinquish the father of medical responsibility holds up or because it was verbal and there are no papers drawn up to relinquish him of said responsibilty reverts back to the order. If the latter were to occur, would my husband and I be responsible to pay back what the insurance company had paid to then later take the father to court to regain the money or because of the verbal agreement would we ultimately be responsible?
In 1998 a child support order was put into effect for both financial and medical (77/27 for unreimbursed) to be the father's responsibility. About four years ago the father and I verbally ammended the medically responsible clause because he lives out of state and I would be responsible for payment for services rendered up front and then have to send claim forms to the health insurance company to be reimbursed which these checks would ultimately go the the father. At that time my husband and I could not afford to pay for visits up front every time my daughter needed medical attention. To avoid neverending court battles to try to recover the money my husband and I offered to provide health insurance therefore relieving the father of medical responsibilty. In February of this year my daughter was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. There have been numerous doctor visits and medication trials and now the health insurance company is questioning who has legal custody and if there is an order concerning medical responsibility. There is no legal paper stating that either of us have "legal" custody. The father and I were never married and the child has been in my care all of her 15 years. The father does take her for a month every summer (started about 3 years ago) and about 2 holidays a year. With regards to religion, medical treatment, education I make those decisions as well as everything else. The father does not make desicions but I do make him aware of the decisions I make. I need to know if the verbal agreement to relinquish the father of medical responsibility holds up or because it was verbal and there are no papers drawn up to relinquish him of said responsibilty reverts back to the order. If the latter were to occur, would my husband and I be responsible to pay back what the insurance company had paid to then later take the father to court to regain the money or because of the verbal agreement would we ultimately be responsible?