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Home / I am divorced. My wife has custody of our child. According to our divorce agreement which was authorized at the family court, and incorporated into a judgment, both my ex and I are equally liable for any exceptional medical expenses not covered by the ordinary health insurance. My wife Is very much into ‘alternative’ health and floods me with bills for homeopathic treatment and medicines . Do I have to pay half the cost of these?

I am divorced. My wife has custody of our child. According to our divorce agreement which was authorized at the family court, and incorporated into a judgment, both my ex and I are equally liable for any exceptional medical expenses not covered by the ordinary health insurance. My wife Is very much into ‘alternative’ health and floods me with bills for homeopathic treatment and medicines . Do I have to pay half the cost of these?

By: דיאנה שאלתיאל•Published on: 16 May, 2022
No – the divorce agreement obliges the father to contribute to exceptional medical expenses but as no mention is made about alternative medicine being included in this so one can assume that it is confined to conventional medicine. Accordingly, the father is not obliged to pay for half of the alternative treatment or medicines and to subsidize the mother’s preference for alternative medicine.
Note that if the wording of the agreement had been different , and alternative treatments had been specifically mentioned as binding, then the father would be obliged to contribute towards their cost.

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