Legal Question in Family Law in Maryland
Health Insurance and other concerns
My wife, just walked out on us 6 weeks ago and left me and our children (after nearly 20 years of marriage) for my cousin (believe it or not) over 700 miles away and continues to commit multiple acts of adultery. We ARE still very married she still has not even filed for divorce with the court. So it's basically a self imposed seperation (which is not voluntary on my part - I didn't want her to leave, I begged her not to return to him but she just walked out at 5:15 am) I still don't want the divorce.
She is actually wondering why I don't send her money to basically support her where she's at (he's always broke and she has no money) she wants me to pay her bills (credit cards and big loans too), she even wants me to get her last refill of birth control (3 month supply) at my current pharmacy and send it to her and then she talked about tuble ligation. Well this is just too much to bear.
I've got 3 boys at home 14, 12 and 9 and a daughter who is at my mother-in-laws that is 16. I have no arguement for supporting the kids which for the most part, 3 are in my physical custody.
Am i responsible to keep paying and or supporting her and continue her on health care? If not how do I get her off? Desperate
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Health Insurance and other concerns
You are certainly NOT responsible for her support; to the contrary, she has an ongoing obligation to contribute to the support of the children. As far as the health insurance is concerned, it doesn't really make sense to take her off the policy unless that would reduce your premium, which is unlikely. However, following divorce if it comes to that, she would automatically come off the policy.
You could file a court petition for custody of the children, exclusive possession of the family home, and an order requiring her to pay monthly child support, although if she's not working this would be hard to collect immediately. You could also ask for all of the above as part of a divorce petition citing adultery as the grounds, although I recognize that you aren't ready to move in that direction at this time.
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