Change who pays for a child’s bills
Move a child’s plans and unpaid bills to another guardian, or split them between two parents.
Last updated About 2 hours ago
For office staff with edit access to Billing.
Steps
Open Families and open the family. On the newer screens, choose the Money tab.
On the Money card, choose Change who pays.
In Which children, tick the child or children this is for. Children with a plan or an unpaid bill are already ticked.
In Who pays, pick the guardian. Only guardians with an account who belong to every child you ticked are listed. For one child, you may also see Split between parents.
Read what moves and what stays.
Type the words shown to confirm, then choose Change to (the person’s name). For a split, the button says Save the split. Choose Done.
What moves
The child’s open plans, unpaid bills, drafts and future bills.
What stays
Paid, voided and refunded bills, and drop-in visit bills. Bills split between parents, and bills for the whole family, also stay.
Autopay
The old payer’s autopay stops paying these bills. If the new payer has autopay, it pays them. If not, the bills wait for them to pay.
It also says if the new payer gets billing access. It says how their household is set up for drop-in visits.
Split between parents
Tick one child. Then choose Split between parents in the Who pays list.
Pick the First parent and the Second parent.
Type Their share, % for each. The two must add up to 100.
Read What a bill looks like, and which bills it starts with.
Type the words shown, then choose Save the split.
What happens:
Each parent gets their own bill for their share. Each one sees and pays only their own.
Each parent’s autopay pays only their own share.
These are split: monthly tuition from a billing plan, the monthly drop-in statement, and bills you make. Every charge on them is split.
Bills a program makes itself are not split. That means sign-ups, contracts and programs set to bill every month.
Nor is a bill made on its own for a late pickup, an incidental or one drop-in visit.
Those go in full to the first parent.
Bills already sent stay as they are.
Each parent’s year-end statement lists only what they paid.
To end a split, open Change who pays for that child and pick one parent. Saving ends the split.
A split child’s bills change only with that one child ticked.
Good to know
Bloomily doesn’t email anyone about this change. Let the family know before you make it.
Walkthrough: Change who pays
The recording uses one program’s example data. Names, amounts, dates, counts and configured policies are examples; use your own program’s records and settings. Some labels in the recording may differ from the written steps above.
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