Is there anyway you can gather all your paperwork up and go see a lawyer and since the obvious is you taking him to court to pay things that is already ordered, he would have to pay your lawyers fees.. Which I am not sure exactly where you are .. But I am pretty sure where I am you can do this..
Your ex- sounds kinda like mine.. My kids get hurt and its always oh they do not need this or that.. And I am always like you know what.. They do too.. I think I would get a lawyer and take his butt to court and let the lawyer figure all the rest out.. You know.. You poor thing.. Just probably when you think you are getting ahead soemthing else happens.. How bad does that suck... I know Bad..

I am here for you ..
happy (hugs to you)

Yeah, my stepson had a retainer last year to prepare his teeth for braces. He hasn't lost enough of his baby molars yet but the orthodontist didn't want him to damage the secondary teeth that he had. He has an underbite and the teeth weren't matching up right. Anyway, the retainer was just temporary until he can get braces next year. This is what the orthodontist said and what we told biomom. Well, she is saying that she doesn't think he'll need braces now since he had the retainer and that his smile is "cute" the way it is. Whatever!! His mouth is still all out of alignment and the orthodontist says he needs braces!!!

My husband told her to start saving up now because he IS getting braces!

Dawn

Why not just file the paperwork yourself or have the orthodontist do it? Between my three skids, they have insurance coverage from my husband, their mother, their step-father and another bio father. We just supply the insurance cards and claim forms, Mom gives them to the dentists and doctors and that's that.

~ Anne ~

We're having an issue too.

The way that our Ortho bill is set up is that the office completely understands that SS's parents are divorced. They set it up so that they only bill my DH for half of the bill automatically, and the other half gets billed directly to his mother- we don't hear anything about her end of the deal. They bill DH's insurance, which was way better than the two, and I think that BM's insurance covered a small part of it, but she was responsible for paying her half of it.

But initially, we used to have such problems with her when she took SS to the dentist. She won't pay the bill, instead the office would simply bill her by mail. Well, we are the ones that are responsible for the bill and would never get the bill, so it would eventually end in collections, which we would never even know that SS even went to the dentist in the first place! So, we ended up calling the dentist and had the billing address changed to our addresss... not hers as per the court order. We even sent them copies of the court order so they had it on file for the next time she tried to change the address again. (Yes, she would call them as soon as she realized, and have it change back to her address.... excuse me!)

Now, we're dealing with the ortho office and everything is set up automatically. We don't have to pay anything out of our pocket because of the 50/50 split, really. But apparently, for the last 6 months, the office has been trying to get ahold of BM. I don't think she's been paying her end of things. She quit her job, and weeeeelll, of course there isn't anymore insurance on her end. Then she's been moving every 3 months, so finally, they the office asked us for her information. Just as soon as we give them her info, she up and moves again. I think the office is really frustrated with her. The last time we were in there a couple of weeks ago, again the office manager asked for BM's address to confirm because she hasn't been getting any responses back. I verified the info, sure enough it's correct. Guess she's been sending letters, and phone calls. I don't know if she ever did get through to her, but it's apparent that BM is avoiding her. Makes me alittle nervious.