Legal Question in Family Law in New York
My wife and I are proceeding to towards divorce. We were married and live in NYS. We are both cover for medical insurance by my wife's employer. The question I have is, until the divorce is final by issue of the divorce decree, does my wife have to keep me on her employer's insurance? Or can the insurance be canceled at the time of the separation agreement? Or is there a specific legal requirement regarding this at all in NYS?
Asked on 10/21/10, 8:07 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Locksley Wade
Law Office of Locksley O. Wade
There usually is an open enrollment period in which your wife can change her coverage and there is the "significant change in one's family (e.g. birth, death or a final divorce order).
Answered on 10/27/10, 7:43 am