My husbands ex pulled this one on him. She had never sent him any bills for 4 years, then took him to court claiming he had failed to pay his 1/2 of uninsured medical and wanted $over $1500. Plus, she had signed a satisfaction in 1999 stating that everything through that date was paid, yet when she showed up in court, she tried to bring bills from 1996-1999. The judge threw those out and gave her 7 days to provide bills from after the satisfaction was signed and ruled that she had no evidence that she had ever sent them, so my husband was not guilty of "contempt of court" (that is a favorite phrase for his ex)
When he brought the stack of bills home ( 4" thick) and I went through them, she had in some cases triplicates of each bill in there (copy of the receipt from the office visit, copies of the insurance statement and copies of statements from the Dr's office when she didn't pay right away. We shaved it down to less than $300 in actual bills and proved that she never sent them to him in the first place.
My suggestion would be to do what we did. We asked the judge to order that she had 60 days after incurring the expense to provide an unaltered copy of the bill and proof that she paid it ( such as the receipt from the dr's office showing a check number) and my husband had 60 days after receiving it to pay it. If she did not provide the bill within 60 days, she lost the right to reimbursement. It is sad that you have to get so specific, but in cases like this, you do.
When he brought the stack of bills home ( 4" thick) and I went through them, she had in some cases triplicates of each bill in there (copy of the receipt from the office visit, copies of the insurance statement and copies of statements from the Dr's office when she didn't pay right away. We shaved it down to less than $300 in actual bills and proved that she never sent them to him in the first place.
My suggestion would be to do what we did. We asked the judge to order that she had 60 days after incurring the expense to provide an unaltered copy of the bill and proof that she paid it ( such as the receipt from the dr's office showing a check number) and my husband had 60 days after receiving it to pay it. If she did not provide the bill within 60 days, she lost the right to reimbursement. It is sad that you have to get so specific, but in cases like this, you do.