Opinion ID: 1349098
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Heading: Payment of Medical Bills.

Text: Terri next asserts that the district court erred in failing to require Rodney to pay for medical bills incurred by Jacqueline while she was in his custody pursuant to the temporary custody order. In the original decree of dissolution entered May 29, 1997, with respect to medical expenses, the district court ordered that Rodney maintain health insurance for the benefit of both children and that he pay 79 percent of all unreimbursed medical, dental, optometric, and ophthalmic expenses incurred on behalf of Jacqueline. In its October 19, 1999, order in the current proceeding, the district court ordered that no action shall be taken at this time regarding any delinquent medical bills for the minor child and provided that [a]ll other previous orders of the court not specifically modified herein shall remain in full force and effect. Terri did not address the issue of the district court's treatment of medical bills in her motion for new trial. The effect of the district court's October 19, 1999, order was to maintain the provision of the original dissolution decree that Rodney was responsible for 79 percent of all medical expenses incurred on behalf of Jacqueline, including those she incurred while in his temporary custody. We find no abuse of discretion in the district court's disposition of this issue and therefore conclude that Terri's second assignment of error is without merit.