Totally Irritated

Jamie - posted on 03/05/2009 ( 2 moms have responded )

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So bio mom informs me that my SS has a dental appointment during Spring Break. Normally wouldnt be a problem except we have always received free dental on the kids cause my sister-in-law works there. Well now my husbands bro and his wife are getting divorced (no kids involved thank goodness) and we may not get the same treatment as we did before. I asked Bio Mom to call the office and find out how much the appointment would cost. A normal cleaning is around $160. I let her know that insurance may cover it and that she needs to see if the doctor accepts it or she may have to go to another doctor. She informs me she doesnt care what it will cost she will just pay it and send the bill to his dad. Now really what idiot would spend $160 bucks when they have insurance to cover it. I told her I wasnt paying for something that was covered by the insurance, if she didnt take him to somewhere the insurance would cover it then she would incur the cost on her own. She does stuff like this constantly. For some reason she would rather fork out cash then let the insurance cover stuff, now why would you have insurance if you dont use it. I could understand her being a spiteful bitch if my husband had to pay the for all of it but she has to pay half. She sent me a bill for my SS meds for the last 2 years. I was like seriously, you waited 2 years to send me a bill and now you expect me to just write you a check. The funniest part is she has all this cash yet, when they went to court for childsupport last month she claimed she only made 380 a month. My hasband only pays 400 in childsupport, so tell me how can she afford a new car, her rent (which i doubt she pays since she lives with her mom) her car insurance and her cell phone. I guess Im not a bitch bio mom, I have medical bills from my daughter,like doctor copays and such and I could careless to go through the hassle of trying to get him to pay me for his half. I hate greedy people. And if you wondering why I have to do the communicating with Bio Mom, I sort of have to, my husband has traumatic brain injury, happened while in Iraq, and he sometimes has trouble processing information. And instead of him not seeing his son I do my best to support thier relationship, which in turn comes all the drama.

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Jessica - posted on 03/07/2009

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Also most places if you pay for "necessities" you can keep a receipt and get this amount (legally) deducted from your child support payments.  When we started doing this it really pissed of biomom but it's the law for a reason.  If she wanted us to buy school clothes then fine - but it all came off her payment for theat month and it was ok as long as we had receipts to account for it.  Only some things count of course - never food or activities for instance.  You should be able to call a lawyer or a goverment agency or something to find out how this works where you live.

Christine - posted on 03/05/2009

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Hi hon



I would just write down the time that you talked to her. Almost like a journal regarding medical issues. Or dental. Look online yourself or call your insurance company and find the contracted providers and give them to her. If she does not see the ones that are contracted under the insurance. I do not see a judge in any court requiring you and your husband to pay out of pocket. Expecially a dental cleaning which if it is just a routine yearly exam. THey are usually always covered even when you have the worst insurance. So I would just keep a journal and give her the information regarding the doctors that are covered. Oh another thing you can do is. Call your HR department or who ever you talk to and have them send her a list of contracted doctors.