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  • 1.  No PPR who pays first $250

    Posted 01-27-2016 11:45 AM
    Where there is no PPR and 50/50 parenting time, husband (lower wage earner ) originally received no child support and PSA  said wife (who was the higher wage earner) would pay the first $250 in medical bills. 

    That agreement was subsequently amended so the wife now pays child support. Nothing was amended regarding wife paying the first $250 in medical expenses. Would wife continue to pay the first $250 in medical expenses pursuant to the original agreement? Or- would husband automatically have to pay the first $250 because he is the recipient of child support?


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  • 2.  RE: No PPR who pays first $250

    Posted 01-27-2016 11:49 AM
    It is my understanding that if the child support is based on the child support guidelines then uncorporated into that is that the payee pays the first $250. There is no reason that you cannot not follow the guidelunes and impose your own agreement
     

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  • 3.  RE: No PPR who pays first $250

    Posted 01-27-2016 11:51 AM

    The recipient of the child support would be responsible for the  first $250. The first $250 is included in the child support payment according to the guidelines.




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  • 4.  RE: No PPR who pays first $250

    Posted 01-27-2016 12:11 PM

    Check out NJ Court Rules Appendix IX-A, Section 8, entitled Expenses Included in the Child Support Schedules:

    Unreimbursed Health Care Up to and Including $250 Per Child Per Year - Unreimbursed health-care expenditures (e.g., medical and dental) up to and including $250 per child per year are included in the schedules. Such expenses are considered ordinary and may include items such as non-prescription drugs, co-payments or health care services, equipment or products. The parent's cost of adding a child to health insurance policy is not included in the schedules.

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    Mitch Steinhart, Esq.
    Bergen County Board of Social Services
    Rochelle Park, NJ

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