Husband needn’t cooperate in obtaining life insurance 
Published: October 11, 2012
Tags: child support, divorce, life insurance
A husband in a divorce case could not be ordered to cooperate with his wife in obtaining life insurance on his own life in order to secure his child support payments, the Kansas Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
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