Q about insurance for adult step-child

[suspicious]

In my husband's divorce from his first wife he agreed to pay health and car insurance for her son from her first marriage (not my husband's child) until he gets married or reaches the age of 24 (he is now 20). He was no longer allowed to keep him on his employers insurance as he is not a blood relation, so we have been looking for another insurance provider. We found one that provides basic insurance for about $65 a month, but the ex-wife says that we have to pay a more expensive option ($130). We already pay her $1000 a month in alimony and $125 for the son's car. The exact wording in the papers says "to provide medical insurance"; are we legally allowed to get him just basic coverage, or does it have to be equal to the coverage that he had before from the employer?

The ex-wife is claiming that she has spoken to the judge from the divorce case and that he said the insurance should match what he had before. I don't believe this - is a judge allowed to discuss cases in the street like that? She may be making it up (not unusual for her) but I wanted to check.

State is TN. Thanks for any advice.

 

[lwpat]

The judge should not be talking directly to her. However, it is likely that he will require matching coverage.

 

[irish223]

$125 for the son's car.

Was your husband ordered to pay for the car???

(ETA: Oops! Just noticed that he agreed to pay it in the divorce decree.

The ex-wife is claiming that she has spoken to the judge from the divorce case and that he said the insurance should match what he had before. I don't believe this - is a judge allowed to discuss cases in the street like that? She may be making it up (not unusual for her) but I wanted to check.

I think she's making it up too!

Can you run it by your husband's lawyer? Or, if you don't have to pay for the car, use that money for the better insurance. Or, just provide the basic insurance, and see if she takes you to court about it.

It does seem that his order allows him to provide the basic insurance, but it's also possible that a judge would expect him to provide insurance similar to what he provided before.

 

[suspicious]

He doesn't have a lawyer as he couldn't afford one at the time of the divorce. We will, of course, get one if she decides to take him to court, but we want to avoid that.

If the most likely outcome is that a judge would expect him to provide similar insurance to before then thats what we'll have to do I suppose.

Thank you for your responses.