ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

 

STATEMENT TO

 

ASSEMBLY, No. 66

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

DATED: MAY 20, 1996

 

      The Assembly Judiciary Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 66.

      This bill would require the parties in a divorce action to continue to maintain or continue to share in the cost of maintaining all existing insurance coverage as of the date of the filing of the action and until the judgment is entered or it is otherwise agreed to by the parties.

      The bill would also require the party who has maintained the coverage to notify the other party when there is a change in that party's employment status which would make insurance coverage unavailable.

      Nothing in this bill would diminish the authority of the court to make appropriate changes concerning the coverage.

      This bill embodies recommendation number 4 of the report of the Commission to Study the Law of Divorce, issued April 18, 1995.

      This bill was prefiled for introduction in the 1996 session pending technical review. As reported, the bill includes the changes required by technical review which has been performed.