Children's Hospital of Akron v. Johnson

The instant appeal raises the question of whether a provision in a divorce decree, which incorporated a separation agreement and order placing responsibility for medical expenses on one spouse, relieves the other spouse from liability to third parties who have provided medical care to their child.

The Akron Municipal Court answered in the negative. We affirm.

FACTS.

The facts are stipulated. The defendants were divorced in 1974. The divorce decree requires the father to pay for all medical expenses incurred by the defendants’ son.

In 1975 and again in 1977, the defendants’ son was treated at…