Divorce can occur at any point in a marriage. Just because you have been married for twenty years, doesn’t mean that you will be married forever. The divorce rate for people over 50 doubled between 1990 and 2010. Now, one in four divorces involve people over 50; in 1990 it was one in ten according […]
One way some couples cope with the uncertainty of a failing marriage is to physically separate from each other. Recently, Michael Douglas described his own separation from Catherine Zeta-Jones as “taking a break”. The expectation of a break is that distance and time will provide the perspective to determine if the marriage can be saved. […]
To ensure that children of divorced parents receive appropriate health care coverage, it may be necessary to prepare a Qualified Medical Child Support Order (“QMCSO”). The order is called a Medical Child Support Order because the parent is being ordered to provide medical insurance, which is a form of child support. A QMCSO requires: 1) […]
It is fairly common for a medical insurance plan offered through the employment of one spouse (“employer spouse”) to cover an entire family. The other spouse (“dependent spouse”) and the children are covered by the plan as dependents. Clients often wonder what will happen to dependent coverage after the divorce. During the divorce, the dependent […]
A father who became permanently and completely disabled after a car accident challenged the trial court’s ruling that the child’s receipt of a lump sum payment of approximately $13,000 as retroactive social security dependant payment should offset $3,967 that he owed towards the child’s medical expenses. The Father also appealed the trial court’s ruling that […]
Why discuss health care in a family law blog? A person’s mental and physical health has a huge impact on their life. Anyone who has been ill themselves or had an ill family member knows that the entire family is affected; not only by the illness and care involved, but by the expense as well. […]
As we enter open enrollment season for health insurance, it is timely to discuss how divorce can affect your current health insurance. If you are currently covered under your spouse’s health insurance, divorce or legal separation is a qualifying event that triggers COBRA coverage for the non-participating spouse (and possibly the children) under a group […]