Husband Seeks Divorce Over 2 Years of Medical Bills, Urges Wife to Hide It From Children
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Updated · Slate · Jun 5
Husband Seeks Divorce Over 2 Years of Medical Bills, Urges Wife to Hide It From Children
2 articles · Updated · Slate · Jun 5
Summary
A wife asked for advice after her seriously ill husband proposed divorcing to shield family assets from what she called soon-to-be unpayable medical bills.
About 2 years of costly, painful care lie ahead, doctors said, with only a narrow chance of stabilization and hospice likely in the end.
Lawyers and a financial adviser said the asset-protection divorce could be arranged, including terms allowing him to keep living in the home.
The dispute centers on disclosure: he does not want his adult children told, but the columnist warned a divorce is public and secrecy could leave the wife blamed and alienate her stepchildren.