Just need to know if the state of Missouri can make you pay child support and health insurance at the same time. So lets say you are already paying child support. And the custodial parent wants to request the noncustodial parent to provide health insurance through the noncustodial parents employer provided health insurance. Can this happen? And if so does the state adjust your child support payment because your paying for health insurance also? The only info I can find is that the state can enforce child support by making you pay for health insurance and some other ways to get the money. But thats if your not paying child support. You see what I'm saying. But I'm confused about all this lol and need some help understanding all these stinking laws. I'm doing this as a favor for my Brother and its giving me a headache. HELP! By the way none of this has been to court. No visitation orders, no nothing. Custodial parent is withholding visitation and has been for awhile now. I'm aware that the custodial parent can do this without any court oreders in affect. Please Help. You must have not even read what I wrote. Please no jokes or of the such. This is a real life problem and it doesn't need that kind of stuff on top of it. Thanks.
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GET THAT POOR CHILD OUT OF THAT HELL STATE
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This may get a bit long. You are correct that in Missouri you can get a state order for child support without going through the court. In fact if you applied for any aid programs through the Division of Social Services you will be required to first seek child support. They will order a paternity test to determine if the claimed father is indeed the father. After paternity is established both parents will need to fill out standard income and expense forms and using a standard formula the amount of child support is determined. Normally at that time insurance is considered and if one of the parents has employment with an employer that subscribes to an insurance plan they are required to enroll the child and the monthly payments are figured into the formula. If neither has that option then the order may still be put in place but is not enforced (you can't enroll in what doesn't exist). If that's the case one of three things can happen. The child has no insurance, one parent purchases private insurance and is given credit for it, or once enrollment criteria is met the child can be enrolled in MC+. Since this all may be determined after the initial child support order is entered the parent may need to request an administrative hearing to get the order adjusted. Everything described so far is just dealing with the state bureaucracy on financial issues. They will not deal with custody/visitation issues. Although a lot of young people tend to go the above route or use informal arrangements the best and usually the eventual route is to hire an attorney and go to court. As part of the court process new more comprehensive financial forms will be filed and a court determination on child support and insurance will be reach that will supersede the state's determination. More importantly in my opinion both parents will file a parenting plan and a determination will be reach as to how custody will be shared including visitation and how decisions on schooling and other maters get made. Basic bottom line if your brother pays for insurance it should get figured in his share of support (not necessarily dollar for dollar) but he will probably need to request an administrative hearing or go to court.
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