The father is usually always the person responsible for the insurance.
You are still responsible for their insurance, when you get another job that has it available. If there is no insurance right now, most of the time you would be responsible for half of any medical bills that are acquired while they were uninsured.
This does mean expenses are not covered by insurance. If this is what the divorce decree says, then you are responsible for these bills.
The estate is responsible for the medical debts. The exception would be if the children were the insurance holder or co-signed the medical agreement.
the one responsible for medical bills, i think its the one who was responsible before the divorce process commenced......
It depends on what was ordered by the courts. Often, one parent is responsible for maintaining medical insurance, but both are responsible for the portion that's not covered by insurance. It may be a 50/50 split, or it may be 60/40 or even 70/30. It all depends on each parent's financial status, as well as who has custody, etc.
It depends partially on the age of the children. If they are not adults, the parents are responsible. If the children are above the age of majority, and not on their parents' insurance, they should be responsible for their own debts.
If the child is over age 18, then the parent is not responsible for the child's medical bills. The child is legally responsible for anything that the insurance policy did not pay.
Generally such issues are decided before the final decree is granted and usually it is not possible to have the decree amended. If there are no terms for such issues included in the divorce decree the matter usually needs to be determined in a lawsuit against the non requesting party if an equitable agreement cannot be reached otherwise.
Yes, she will be held responsible. The primary insurance holder is always responsible for the medical costs under
Parents are not responsible for their children once they have left home. In most cases requirements end at 18, but some places will require them to take care of their children until 21.
The primary insurance holder will be held responsible. That is part of the agreement, they will have to pay.
This is really a legal question for your divorce lawyer to answer. It depends on the actual wording of the divorce papers and how your lawyer structured the medical insurance coverage portion of the divorce. Cobra is simply a (very expensive) continuation of an employer group plan when you lose your job that provides medical coverage until you get a new job or you get an individual health plan outside of an employer.