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TThe
Court Can Order Health Insurance
A Judge or
Master in Maryland can and usually does order one spouse
to maintain health insurance for the family Pendente
Lite, (term for temporary action pending the final
resolution by the parties or a further order of Court),
and if cancelled to reinstate the health insurance
coverage.
Once the
Maryland Court grants a divorce you are no longer
covered as a spouse for health insurance. However, a
former spouse maybe eligible for coverage up to 18
months
under the former spouses policy (referred to as “COBRA”
coverage). If you are the former spouse you need to
check to see whether the cost of the "COBRA" policy is
more or less than another similar policy with other
carriers. Please see
Http://www.bwg-law.com/cobra-insurance.html for more
information.
The
coverage for your child(ren) can continue until
emancipation and the Court can order one or both of the
parties to pay for the health insurance policy to cover
their child(ren).
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