What to do if your ex is not paying your medical bills?

If you have paid the full amount yourself, you could take your former spouse to small claims court. This option allows you the chance to make your spouse pay you back for their share of the bills. Each state has different requirements for small claims court. Your claim needs to be under a certain dollar amount.

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What to do if your ex spouse is not paying child support?

You can file a motion to enforce the child support order. This motion asks the court to require your former spouse to pay their share. You need to file this motion with the same court where you received the original child support order. When you file, you must provide evidence.

Can a former employer contact a former employee?

The standard answer to the question “May we contact your former employers?” is “Yes!” Many companies won’t even do it. The answer “No, you can’t contact my past employers” is a red flag, and we can see why.

What to do if your ex spouse is not paying your child’s medical bills?

When your divorce was finalized, the court should have ordered both you and your former spouse to pay an equal share of your child’s medical bills. Because this is a legal order, if your former spouse isn’t providing their share, you can ask the court to make them pay. This is called an enforcement action.

What to do if your ex refuses to pay child support?

Some lawyers specialize in collections, and others won’t touch it. Before you incur the cost of trying to chase your spouse to collect money, ask yourself: If you are having problems collecting the child support ordered by court or put into your settlement agreement, it is a crime, and you do have recourse. Your ex-spouse’s wages can be garnished.

When do you have to make payments to a former spouse?

No payments can be made until after the 30 day notice period. If the member is not already eligible for retired pay, the law requires DFAS to begin former spouse payments no later than 90 days after the member becomes eligible for retired pay. What types of payments can be made?

What happens if my ex does not pay my alimony?

Although all of the above is true, chances are good that the sanction for failure to pay alimony will be an order to pay it and continue to do so. Sanctions can be indefinite, especially when contempt charges are sought in reference to an ongoing order.

What happens when my ex-spouse does not pay the debts?

If the parties prefer, the judge can split the debt as evenly as possible, despite whose name it is in. So, playing off the example above, the judge may assign the home improvement debt to the wife and the therapy and tuition debts to the husband. However, this is not recommended, the reasons for which we will explain more in depth below.

Do you have to pay your deceased spouse’s medical bills?

However, no two community property states use exactly the same laws. You may or may not have liability for your deceased spouse’s debt based on your state’s community property laws. But you cannot stop your analysis here regardless of which state you live in.. Many, but not all states have a “doctrine of necessaries” rule.

Who is responsible for paying utility bills after death?

Who is responsible for paying utility bills after death? The ones that are responsible to pay for the bills are the executor of the estate, the spouse in communal property states, a cosigner, or the landlord of the property.

What happens if I refuse to pay my ex’s bills?

If your ex gets laid off or refuses to pay, the creditors may come after you for payment. If you refuse to pay on the grounds that the debts “belong” to your ex-spouse, your credit will be damaged and the creditors may sue you. If you do pay the bills, your only remedy is to try and get your ex to reimburse you.