Are the Costs of Health Insurance Considered for Alimony in Arizona

Are the Costs of Health Insurance Considered for Alimony in Arizona

Are the Costs of Health Insurance Considered for Alimony in Arizona

Cost of Health Insurance and Alimony in Arizona

Yes, the cost of health insurance is considered for alimony in Arizona. However, this does not mean your spouse will have to pay your health insurance premium every month as a part of an award of alimony in Arizona.

In an Arizona divorce, the Court must consider the cost of obtaining health insurance for the spouse seeking alimony in Arizona.

The court must also consider the cost of health insurance of the spouse who is no longer providing or paying for health insurance for the other spouse.

In many cases, this will not represent a significant factor to the Court because the costs of health insurance are not typically the largest of the living expenses a person may incur.

However, there are situations where health insurance costs can be significantly high when, for example, someone is older or has a preexisting medical condition.

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Cost of Health Insurance, Alimony, and Serious Preexisting Medical Conditions

If someone has a serious medical condition, some people elect to seek a legal separation, as opposed to a divorce.

This situation would occur If the paying spouse has an employer group health plan and that plan allows both spouses to remain on the health insurance plan if the parties are legally separated and not divorced.

However, it is very important to check with your health insurance plan administrator to ensure they allow a legally separated spouse to continue health insurance coverage under the other spouse’s group health insurance plan.

We are seeing more and more health insurance companies who do not allow a spouse to stay on a group health insurance plan even when the spouses are legally separated and not divorced.

In either event, the law in Arizona still allows for an award of alimony in Arizona if the parties seek a legal separation instead of a divorce.

If you have questions about if the cost of health insurance is considered for alimony in Arizona, you should seriously consider contacting the attorneys at Hildebrand Law, PC. Our Arizona spousal maintenance and family law attorneys have decades of combined experience successfully representing clients in spousal maintenance and family law cases.

Our family law firm has earned numerous awards such as US News and World Reports Best Arizona Family Law Firm, US News and World Report Best Divorce Attorneys, “Best of the Valley” by Arizona Foothills readers, and “Best Arizona Divorce Law Firms” by North Scottsdale Magazine.

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