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Ask A Lawyer: What Are My Financial Obligations?

Apr 22, 2009

Question:

After twenty years of marriage, my wife and I separated for about a month in 2007. Shortly after my return to the house for a trial reunion, she was diagnosed with 4th stage cancer. After a year of treatments, she's becoming healthier; but we both agree that our marriage has not gotten better.

We both want to separate again. She was just granted disability for herself and my son. What can I expect as financial obligations?

I would like to keep her on my insurance to limit her liabilities with the cancer. I worry that after a divorce the disability payments won't be included as her income, and that I won't have enough of my own income to live on.


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Ask a Lawyer: Refusal to sign divorce papers

Mar 07, 2004

Question:

My father is 71 with terminal health issues. His wife has asked for a divorce, but is refusing to sign papers until she has everything out of the house that she wants. Under Michigan law, is there any recourse my father has to finalize the divorce before he passes if she is refusing to sign the papers?

Answer:

I must preface my answering by advising you that I am not licensed in Michigan. If Michigan is a no fault divorce state then wife's signature should not be required to finalize the divorce. Most states allow the parties to enter a settlement agreement and waive a court hearing. That requires the signatures of all parties involved. If the parties do not agree then the divorce can be finalized by the court through a final hearing. I would recommend that your father find out if he has met all waiting requirements in Michigan. If so he should ask the court to set a final hearing. This will put pressure on his wife to either sign the agreement or appear in court. Either way his divorce should be finalized. Again he needs to speak with an attorney in his state to determine the procedural requirements of Michigan.

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Ask a Lawyer: Life insurance

Nov 29, 1999

Question:

Four years ago my wife and I purchased a life insurance policy. Now that she has cancer I discovered that she changed the beneficiary as the insurance company put her as the owner of the policy. Is this policy considered as marital property? Can she take this determination by herself? Can I initiate any legal action to stop her from doing this since our three children can be affected? I almost sure that she is initiating the divorce.

Answer:

Allow me to preface my answer to your question with the disclaimer that I am not licensed to practice law in the state of Pennsylvania. I suggest you contact your insurance broker to clarify if she can alter the beneficiary. It should be a marital asset. I suggest you also contact an attorney regarding other asset planning relative to her illness and possible divorce.

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