Am I as a non-custodial parent, required to provide insurance for the custodial parent?
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Am I as a non-custodial parent, required to provide insurance for the custodial parent?
My daughter’s mother is asking to use our (my wife and I) insurance card. She is saying that her work place is doing away with their insurance and that she needs to use ours. Supposedly she is agreeing to reimburse us for the bills.
Asked on November 1, 2011 under Family Law, Indiana
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
First of all, you can not legally have some one covered under your plan that you have no legal relationship with, and you have no legal relationship with your daughter's mother. Further, if you let her use your wife's insurance card then you would be committing insurance fraud - not something I think that you want to get involved with here is it? Reimbursing you for the bills has no bearing on any issue here so it need not even be addressed. What she needs to do is inquire about obtaining COBRA benefits based on her prior insurance coverage before they terminate coverage at her place of employment or buying insurance elsewhere. Your daughter, however, can be placed on your policy if she is not already there on. Good luck.
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