Health Insurance if divorced

Health Insurance if divorced

If your spouse works for an employer with 20 or more employees and his or her employer provides him or her with group health benefits, you can request that your spouse continue to cover you under his or her insurance policy for a limited time after the divorce. The law that requires employers to offer this continuation or extension of health coverage in certain instances where coverage under that plan would normally end is known as COBRA, which stands for Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1986, the official title of that federal law. If your spouse’s employer does not have health insurance, or is not covered by COBRA, you can request that the court order that he or she pay for the cost of insurance for you and your children.
source http://www.lsnjlaw.org/english/family/divorce/divorcenj/divch1/index.cfm#ch1prep