Estate can sue ex-wife to recover ERISA funds 
Published: March 22, 2012
Tags: divorce, ERISA
The estate of a divorced man could sue his ex-wife to enforce her waiver of rights to the proceeds of his ERISA retirement plan, the 3rd Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
Ex-wife can claim federal employee’s life insurance
Published: March 19, 2012
Tags: divorce, Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act, life insurance
An ex-wife’s equitable claim to a federal employee’s life insurance benefits is not preempted by federal law, the Indiana Supreme Court has ruled.
Medicare set-aside account divisible in divorce
Published: March 16, 2012
Tags: divorce, Medicare, workers' compensation
A wife in a divorce was entitled to a percentage of the husband’s workers’ compensation settlement that was placed in a Medicare set-aside account, the Illinois Appellate Court has ruled in affirming a $12,250 award.
Divorced father can be ordered to pay for college
Published: March 12, 2012
Tags: child support, divorce
A divorced father could be ordered to pay his adult child’s college expenses, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Military disability counts in award of spousal support
Published: February 17, 2012
Tags: disability benefits, divorce, spousal support
A husband’s military disability benefits constituted income for the purpose of determining his spousal support obligation in his divorce, West Virginia’s highest court has ruled.
Divorced mother can’t change children’s names
Published: January 25, 2012
Tags: divorce
A divorced mother was not entitled to a presumption that she was acting in her children’s best interests when she filed a motion to change their surname, the New Jersey Appellate Division has ruled in reversing judgment.
Ex-wife can keep federal life insurance benefits
Published: January 23, 2012
Tags: divorce, Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act, life insurance
Federal law preempts a state law which would preclude a woman from keeping the proceeds of a federal employee life insurance policy as her ex-husband’s named beneficiary, the Virginia Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Florida considers alimony caps, duration limits
Published: January 5, 2012
Tags: alimony, divorce
Following in the footsteps of states like Massachusetts and New Jersey, multiple pieces of legislation have been introduced in the Florida legislature to update alimony laws.
Husband’s VA disability counts in awarding alimony
Published: December 15, 2011
Tags: alimony, disability benefits, divorce, spousal support
Federal law does not prevent a state court from considering a husband’s veterans’ disability benefits in calculating spousal support in his divorce, the South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled in affirming judgment.
Military health insurance counts as marital asset
Published: December 12, 2011
Tags: divorce, property division, Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act
A husband’s post-retirement military health insurance benefits could be valued in dividing marital property in his divorce, the Alaska Supreme Court has ruled.
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