Q: Question regarding contempt/past due medical bills
The NCP hasn't paid their portion of any medical/dental copays (all documented w receipts in OFW) until after contempt was filed. The order has been changed and modified since but paying 50/50 of copays has remained the same. They state that they do not owe anything prior to the new order. Is this true?
A: A new order does not affect the old arrears that is owed.
A: We can't say what they owe or don't owe because we don't know your case, haven't seen your orders, and haven't seen any documentation. If they were to pay a share of uncovered medical prior to the new order and they didn't, then they do owe. But you also said you had a contempt case. So this should have been addressed in the contempt case. You should have provided the court with evidence of what they owed and obtained a judgment for that amount. Now what they owe is according to the new order going forward, with all future uncovered medical expenses.
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