Yes, if the court order does not specify that you have to be the policyholder. Your new wife is the policyholder of her plan, not you. If you have to be the policyholder, then you would have to cover the children on a plan you purchased or that was given to you through an employer.
It's more likely that the court order simply requires you to provide health insurance for the children. Being covered by your wife's plan would meet your obligation. New York law requires plans to cover stepchildren who are dependent upon the policyholder. Before you assume her plan will cover the kids, make sure you will meet the plan's criteria.
tell him to pay :D <><><> Have attorney contact court. If ordered in divorce settlement, it is NOT optional. Failure to comply with court order is contempt.
Yes judge can, In Mihigan the judge ordered both parents to maintain health coverage, but not sure whose would be primary if it's not stated in court order.
Rubbish health insurance, you should check out NHS!
You could be found in contempt.
If you have the same problem as I did which is I could not carry her under my insurance because she was not part of my family anymore. So it would have been the same amount of money for her to just get her own insurance because she could not stay on my employee coverage.
In the US, no, they don't have to unless a court has ordered it.
Only if court ordered
You can unless it is court ordered then you really should comply.
file a motion to enforce
ObamaCare. Health Insurance.
Yes - private insurance is not a bar to Medicaid eligibility - but tell your Medicaid caseworker so that the private insurance is billed first.
Unless you were ordered by the court, as part of the divorce settlement, to keep your ex-husband as the beneficiary on your life insurance then you can make a change in the beneficiary with your insurance company.