What to do if my ex-wife won’t help pay for medical expenses for our child?
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What to do if my ex-wife won’t help pay for medical expenses for our child?
My ex-wife agreed to 50/50 medical expenses on day one. Now 16 years later she still doesn’t help out with the bills. For the last 3 years I added up over 18,000 in medical charges. I took her to court for contempt twice but they just slapped her hand and no results.
Asked on September 19, 2011 under Family Law, Wisconsin
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
And the agreement from day one was your divorce agreement, correct? Well that is a contract and you can sue based upon that contract. So consider suing her for the money and the breach and obtaining a judgement against her for the money already expended. Once you have a judgement then you can execute on it in any way that the law allows in your state: levy, lien garnishment - what ever. If you hit her in the pocketbook then maybe she will wake up and smell the coffee. I hope that you have good bookkeeping records as to the matter. You will need all those receipts. Good luck to you.
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