Medical support means providing health care coverage for a joint child by carrying or contributing to the cost of:
In Minnesota, every child support order must include health care coverage for the child(ren). A parent’s obligation will include medical support and will be part of their child support case. The court order will specify:
- if a parent is ordered to provide or maintain health care coverage for the child(ren),
- the cost of premiums and how that cost is divided between the parents,
- how costs not paid by health insurance (unreimbursed and uninsured medical expenses) will be divided and collected by the parents, and
- reasons, if any, the obligation to provide health care coverage will shift from one parent to the other.