What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Texas
So I don't offically have a lawyer. My ex ran me up close to 30K in 18m just trying to keep the kids. I had worked for a lawfirm previously (IT, not legal) and contacted the one guy that was a really decent person and begged for any help. He doesn't specialize in family law, but he'd just passed the bar a few years prior. He offered to finish the case for a flat fee. he's been great about answering my few questions since (it's been like 3yrs now since final, 5 since seperation) but I thought i'd try here first before bugging him
I didn't ask for ANY medical from my ex until recently. My older son needed dental work done about 3 years ago. Then my younger son was hospitalized last april and racked up a pretty big bill. Because of his insurance changing where his ped visit was all the sudden 80 until deductable was applied at the same time, I started sending him the bills. Because he was refusing to pay, I actually started keeping ALL the doc visit and meds and sending them to him.
The dental visit 3yrs ago (I have proof) his insurance company sent HIM a check rather than dentist. He cashed it, and it was almost 500. The remainder which was ordered to be split 50/50 was about 300 bucks. I paid 800 in cash as not to hurt my credit and because she was mine and kids dentist, and ex PROFITTED 500 when he should have paid 150 OOP.
The bills from last april I submitted and he was trying to play this tally game where he said to me (and mind you, this guy has the craziest logic and thinks he makes perfect sense. Drove me nuts when married to him)
"well, I'm planning on taking the kids to the doc....so we can figure it out after then. you'll probably owe ME money"
well, he didn't.
Orders state he's to pay any bill submitted <30 days old within 30 days.
if the bill is >30, he has 90 days
he hasn't paid a dime, and the whole profit on dental thing.
And I just outlaid around 1100 on dental AGAIN *eyeroll* paying 100% OOP because of his insurance.
I am planning on taking him to mediation soon because summer visits were modified until this year, but there is no details on how it should be THIS year.
However what should I do to get him to pay up?
I haven't moved on this earlier because I knew it would cost more to hire a lawyer to drag him to family court.
I doubt mediator will do much on this issue ?
small claims??
Help!
So I don't offically have a lawyer. My ex ran me up close to 30K in 18m just trying to keep the kids. I had worked for a lawfirm previously (IT, not legal) and contacted the one guy that was a really decent person and begged for any help. He doesn't specialize in family law, but he'd just passed the bar a few years prior. He offered to finish the case for a flat fee. he's been great about answering my few questions since (it's been like 3yrs now since final, 5 since seperation) but I thought i'd try here first before bugging him
I didn't ask for ANY medical from my ex until recently. My older son needed dental work done about 3 years ago. Then my younger son was hospitalized last april and racked up a pretty big bill. Because of his insurance changing where his ped visit was all the sudden 80 until deductable was applied at the same time, I started sending him the bills. Because he was refusing to pay, I actually started keeping ALL the doc visit and meds and sending them to him.
The dental visit 3yrs ago (I have proof) his insurance company sent HIM a check rather than dentist. He cashed it, and it was almost 500. The remainder which was ordered to be split 50/50 was about 300 bucks. I paid 800 in cash as not to hurt my credit and because she was mine and kids dentist, and ex PROFITTED 500 when he should have paid 150 OOP.
The bills from last april I submitted and he was trying to play this tally game where he said to me (and mind you, this guy has the craziest logic and thinks he makes perfect sense. Drove me nuts when married to him)
"well, I'm planning on taking the kids to the doc....so we can figure it out after then. you'll probably owe ME money"
well, he didn't.
Orders state he's to pay any bill submitted <30 days old within 30 days.
if the bill is >30, he has 90 days
he hasn't paid a dime, and the whole profit on dental thing.
And I just outlaid around 1100 on dental AGAIN *eyeroll* paying 100% OOP because of his insurance.
I am planning on taking him to mediation soon because summer visits were modified until this year, but there is no details on how it should be THIS year.
However what should I do to get him to pay up?
I haven't moved on this earlier because I knew it would cost more to hire a lawyer to drag him to family court.
I doubt mediator will do much on this issue ?
small claims??
Help!
