Department of Public Aid ex rel. Corrigan v. Hawkins

The respondent, Scott Hawkins, appeals the trial court’s denial of his post-trial motion seeking modification of a paternity and support order. On appeal, the respondent contends that the trial court lacked the authority to order him to obtain or maintain medical insurance for future medical expenses of his minor child and that the evidence adduced at the support hearing failed to support the trial court’s findings that medical insurance was available to him for the benefit of the minor child and that he should be required to bear full financial responsibility for the child’s medical…