08-13-1993 - Divorce Decree - Laserfiche WebLink

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If the court finds that dependent health or dental insurance is not available to the _ person responsible to make the payment on a group basis or through an employer or union, or that the group insurer is not accessible to the person entitled to receive the payment, the court may require the person responsible to make the payment to obtain dependent health or dental insurance, or to be liable for reasonable and necessary medical or dental expenses of the child. If the court finds that the dependent health or dental insurance required to be obtained by the person responsible to make the payment does not pay all the reasonable and necessary medical or dental expenses of the child, or that the dependent health or dental insurance available to the person entitled to receive the payment does not pay all the reasonable and necessary medical or dental expenses of the child, and the court finds that the person responsible to make the payment has the financial ability to contribute to the payment of these medical or dental expenses, the court shall require the person responsible to make the payment to be liable for all or a portion of the medical or dental expenses of the child not covered by the required health or dental plan. • B. Spousal Coverage. If the person responsible to make the payment has available for the benefit of the person entitled to receive the payment dependent health and dental insurance at no additional cost, it shall be provided. C. Implementation. A copy of the court order for insurance coverage shall be forwarded to the employer or union of person responsible to make the payment by the person entitled to receive the payment or the public authority responsible for support enforcement only when ordered by the court or when the following conditions are met: 1. The person responsible to make the payment fails to provide written proof to the person entitled to receive the payment or the public authority, within 30 days of receiving effective notice of the court order, that the insurance has been obtained or that application for insurability has been made; 2. The person entitled to receive the payment or the public authority serves written notice to enforce medical support on the person responsible to make the payment by mail at his or her last known post office address; and 3. The person responsible to make the payment fails within 15 days after the mailing of the notice to provide written proof to the person entitled to receive the payment or the public authority that the insurance coverage existed as of the date of mailing. The employer or union shall forward a copy of the order to the health and dental insurance plan offered by the employer. D. Effect of the Order. The order is binding on the employer or union and the health and dental insurance plan when service under section C has been made. Upon receipt of the order, or upon application of the person responsible to make the payment pursuant to the order, the employer or union shall enroll the minor child as a beneficiary in the group insurance plan and withhold any required premium from the income or wages of the person responsible to make the payment. If more than one plan is offered by the employer or union, the child shall be enrolled in the insurance plan in which the person responsible to make the payment is enrolled or the least costly plan otherwise available to the person responsible to make the payment that is comparable to a number two qualified plan. Failure of the person responsible to make the payment to execute any documents necessary to enroll the dependent in the group health and dental insurance plan will not affect the obligation of the employer or union and group health and dental insurance plan to enroll the dependent in a plan for •