Enforcing Medical & Childcare Reimbursements

Medical and childcare reimbursements are part of the support obligation — Texas orders must provide for medical and dental support on top of child support (Tex. Fam. Code §§ 154.181–154.183) — but they come with their own deadlines, and missing them can cost you the claim.

Mind the deadlines

Orders set specific submission and payment deadlines. Miss them and you may forfeit the reimbursement unless you can show documented good cause.

Turning unpaid reimbursements into money

Where the law allows, unpaid reimbursements can be reduced to a judgment or folded into the arrears account for collection.

Document every submission

Each month, submit Explanations of Benefits (EOBs), receipts, and an itemized sheet showing exactly what's owed. Clean records are what carry these claims.

Since 1997, the child support attorney team at Sinkin Law Firm has recovered unpaid support for parents statewide.