Legal Question in Family Law in Illinois

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).