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Distraught

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Enforcement of Marital Settlement Agreement

In my settlement agreement I have full custody of my two boys and my ex has visitation. He also has to pay medical and dental insurance as well as 50% of the copay,dr visits,prescriptions. This settlement was made in 2000. He has NEVER had insurance for the boys, I have paid it for over 7 years, he has NEVER given me one dime towards the co pay or dr visits or prescriptions. He also has NEVER followed the visitation schedule. He sees them when its convenient for him, does not have them on weekends or summers or anything else on the court order. He has paid his child support for the entire time however he pays me directly and I have to ask for the checks and he now hands them to my son to give to me and not in a sealed envelope which I find inappropriate. I can add that one of my sons has a very serious illness in need of a transplant and my other son has ADHD. I have been left to raise these boys alone, no family and no assistance from their father. He does not co parent, does not attend school functions and is not involved in their daily life in any way. Does not take them on vacations or pay for one single thing other than the court ordered child support. I am overwhelmed at this point financially and emotionally at the burden of raising these children by myself. What recourse do I have to have him pay the medical costs over all these years and is there a consequence for not following the visitation schedule for all these years as well? We live in FL, his income is 70,000+

 
 
 
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Submitted 185 days ago...

tomturkey

tomturkey

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Well if he is not to smart if he is paying you cash, without him not keeping any receipts he would have to pay it again,if you weren't an honest person. But it is good that he is paying. He has visitations but if he does not get the kids there is not much you can do. The court may allow him his rights but the courts do not inforce that he follows them. It is sad for the kids because they need their father. Also as for wanting him to help pay for any medical bills you would have to file a motion with the court to modifly the orignal order of child support and ask that they allow him to help pay,or increase the child support. You might also ask that the court have him make his child support payments directly to the court,and then the court will send you your payments though the mail. If he ever gets behind then it would be on file and would still have to pay it. This is really for both of your benifits.

 
 

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