Legal Question in Family Law in Illinois
If I legally separate from my husband can I continue to keep him on my health insurance at work? He is currently unemployed due to a work related injury.
Asked on 5/27/10, 1:19 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
You need to find out what the employer's health plan coverage policy is on these matters; it may require a court order obligating you to continue coverage. But then again an attorney representing you in a separation/divorce case may have issues with this because once you agree to provide this kind of "benefit" you may be unable to retract it at a later date in the context of a "full" divorce and marital settlement agreement (the contract that typically is included in a divorce decree that divvies up assets and deals with issues like this and other things like debt obligations).
Answered on 5/28/10, 8:01 am