She is the mother of your children...I would keep her on the insurance until her issue is resolved. No matter how mad or hurt I was regarding an ex, I would not leave them high and dry without medical insurance in the middle of a medical issue.
He might not be able to if she married someone else -- even if she did commit bigamy. That COULD come back to bite him.
It may be void but she committed a CRIME. That crime in and of itself may cause problems for insurance.
I hadn't considered this. Even though I am representing myself in the divorce, I have an attorney who has advised me on specific questions that have come up before. I will run this by her and see if there are legal aspects that I'm not aware of. Btw, the attorney is of course aware of the invalid/illegal wedding, her advice was not to waste my time pursuing it. She said most jurisdictions won't prosecute for this unless it was a furtherance to another more serious illegal activity like fraud.
I have to disagree with the others here and say I wouldn't go out of my way at all for her benefit. You set a precedent that you'll be available to assist next time she needs help, and so on. She wanted to marry her new beau so badly, let him support her. That she's the kids' mom wouldn't phase me in the slightest; just take care of your kids separately and let Mom handle her business.
That doesn't necessarily mean it'll be treated as such. I'd bet she could manage a divorce later, collect alimony, file taxes as married, etc. and never hear anything about it as long as no one that knows ever speaks up.
The new "marriage" is void. It doesn't exist. It's not voidable, it is void. The attempt to remarry won't be a bar, in and of itself. I'm not commenting on other possible restrictions that may be imposed by function of law or by function of policy, but this won't be one.
That means EXACTLY - the marriage doesn't exist. Period.
Of course she could commit (further) crimes...hell, people do it all the time. Speeding, running stop signs, hit & runs...even murder has been gotten away with.
Waiting a month or two to cancel her medical insurance hardly is making a precedent that he will be available to assist her in the future. In fact, more than anything else its a demonstration to their mutual children of what kind of people they want to be.
That's quite unfortunate. All you can do is be the best parent you can be for the kids, and deal with each new challenge as it presents itself. Good luck.The big news is that our divorce was final on Monday. The hearing was quick and all the terms we agreed to were acceptable to the judge. So in addition to having sole physical custody of the kids (she has scheduled visitation), I also will pay no alimony, she will pay me child support, I keep the house, the car, the 401k (all of it), and all credit card debt is split 50/50. The even bigger news is that yesterday, one day after finalizing, she announced that she is moving almost 1000 miles away at the end of the year. Seems that even being a mom 10% of the time is too much and she needs a new start with new guy. So now I have to somewhat go through the whole court process again as I file a modified Parenting Plan and eventually (once she starts working in new city) a modification to child support. But the saddest moment of this whole experience happened yesterday. She was telling the kids her plans during her visit time and one of them asked her doesn't she love them more than new guy? Her answer was that she doesn't know. All of these wonderful kids had to sit there and feel their hearts break again in the worst way.
If that happens the ex should be treated no differently than anyone else. Revoked driver license, revoked passport, revoked professional licenses, wage attachements, confiscated tax returns, warrant for arrest, JAIL.
Yes, nobody here would disagree.
It is his problem. Until the divorce is final, she's still his wife. You don't need any standing to file a bigamy complaint (it's the state that is injured), but it sounds like he certainly has a valid reason for doing so.