Enforcing Unpaid Medical and Dental Shares: The Reimbursement Arrears He Forgot

Half of every copay, every filling, every ER visit — the order made it his. Years of ignored reimbursement demands liquidate into enforceable arrears most parents never collect.

What California Law Says

Uninsured healthcare costs divide under the order pursuant to Family Code section 4063, which sets the demand-and-pay procedure and authorizes enforcement of defaulted shares. Accumulated reimbursement arrears reduce to judgment with interest and collect through the standard toolkit.

How to Collect, Step by Step

1. Gather the history: every explanation of benefits, receipt, and reimbursement demand sent.
2. Apply the procedure going forward: written demand with the receipt attached, proof of delivery, response clock.
3. Total the defaulted shares and compute interest from each unpaid demand.
4. File the RFO to liquidate the reimbursement arrears into a sum-certain judgment.
5. Fold the judgment into the main enforcement: liens, levies, and withholding carry it identically.

Common Questions

I never sent formal demands, just texts with photos of the bills. Do those count?

Documented notice is the key — texts with the bills attached and his replies acknowledging them support the claim; formalize the process going forward with the kit template.

Orthodontia was 6,000 and he ignored every letter. Worth a motion?

A 3,000-dollar liquidated share plus interest and possible fee recovery — yes, and the motion also educates him about the next bill.