Qualified Medical Support Orders

President Obama's first term as President placed the issue of health care for Americans at the forefront and made it a frequent topic of the nation's daily conversations. The need to keep Americans, particularly children, insured and how to do so has been the subject of debates across the country, and the focus of individual states and the federal government. In the context of divorce, legislatures have placed mandatory requirements on parents to keep their children insured, and for spouses to keep each other insured, during the pendency of the divorce and beyond. This requirement to maintain health insurance is unique because legislatures and courts are reluctant to place obligations on divorcing parents above and beyond what is required of an intact family.