Throwing this out there as a shot in the dark to all our VN lawyers and pretend lawyers. I have a cousin in a bad marriage, they've been separated for a few months. The divorce is coming but the husband is dragging his feet on filing, even though he initiated it. She left the house even though she had legal right to stay until things are settled and is back living with my aunt and uncle. Come to find out when my cousin is going to an important doctor's appointment she found out that the husband removed her from his health insurance. Not sure how much this context matters legally but he was a controlling and traditional dude that wanted her to be stay at home and not work, she was working full time until he made it clear that's what he wanted and she quit and got on his plan.
In my preliminary research it appears that it's certainly illegal to drop the spouse from the coverage during divorce proceedings, however since the husband is taking his sweet time with everything he hasn't filed yet. So technically it looks like he's in the clear, but i can't imagine a judge would look very kindly on that behavior if it came to it? Just wondering if the juice is worth the squeeze here, she's got some major medical appointments that would not be feasible to pay out of pocket. She is getting zero communication back from him and his lawyer.
What's the play here?
