If I have insurance on my child, must I disclose this to my ex-wife?
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If I have insurance on my child, must I disclose this to my ex-wife?
My ex-wife has primary custody but my child doesn’t live with her, instead she lives with her grandmother as I travel out of town for work. I pay my ex child support because the judge said I cannot send it to her grandmother. I also have health insurance on my child but do not want to have this info disclosed to my ex or her mother due to the fact that she has showed up and/or called my former employer and had me terminated. However, I want to use my insurance from my new employer for my daughter’s health care expenses. Can I give insurance info to doctors and keep them from disclosing this information to my ex?
Asked on August 22, 2012 under Family Law, Kentucky
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
You can request that your child's treating physicians as a condition of their employment not disclose the fact that you have health insurance for your child. If that is the condition for their employment, then make sure such is in writing since you are taking care of your child support obligations.
If the treating physician discloses the fact that there is health insurance for your daughter paid by you, then such would be a breach of the retention agreement with the physician warranting his or her termination by you.
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