The court must order that one of the parties maintain health insurance for the children. The following factors will be considered:
1. Reasonableness of the cost
2. Availability of a group insurance policy
3. Coverage of the policy
4. Preference of the custodial parent
The party ordered to maintain the insurance shall provide written verification of coverage to the other party on or before January 2 of each year and notify the other party within 30 days of any change of coverage.
The court may order that each party pay one-half of any necessary health care costs for the children that are not covered by insurance. The party who actually pays for the health care must provide the other party a written verification of the expense within 30 days or risk losing the right to be reimbursed.
The court may order the other party to pay part of the premium and/or co-payments, typically one half of the total amount.
Based on your responses, the child health care plan generated by this program might look like the following. Instead of this language, you may also choose to write your own plan.
Sample child health care plan:
Pursuant to Utah Code 78B-12-212:
a. Jane Doe is required to maintain insurance for necessary health care expenses for the benefit of the parties' dependent children where available at reasonable cost.
b. Both parties shall share equally the out-of-pocket costs of the premium actually paid by a party for each child's portion of the insurance.
c. Both parties shall share equally all reasonable and necessary uninsured health care expenses, including deductibles and co-payments, incurred for the dependent children and actually paid by the parties.
d. The party who incurs medical expenses shall provide written verification of the cost and payment of health care expenses to the other party within 30 days of payment.
e. A party incurring health care expenses may be denied the right to receive credit for the expenses or to recover the other party's share of the expenses if that party fails to comply with this order.
f. The party ordered to maintain the coverage shall provide written verification of coverage to the other party on or before January 2 of each year and notify the other party within 30 days of any change of coverage.