Present law requires a complaint for divorce or legal separation to allege the following information: (1) The full name of the husband; (2) The full maiden name of the wife; (3) Their mailing addresses; (4) Dates and places of their birth; (5) Race or color of each spouse; (6) Number of previous marriages of each spouse; (7) Date and place of the marriage of the parties; (8) The number of their children who are minors at the time of the filing of the complaint; (9) Any other litigation concerning the custody of those children in this or any other state in which either the party has participated. This bill also requires a filing party to disclose, at the time a complaint or a pleading responsive to the complaint is filed, a sworn affidavit as to whether the party has health insurance coverage in employer-based health coverage and whether any minor children of the marriage are eligible to be covered by the coverage. Present law authorizes a judge or chancellor to require a sworn statement from witnesses, plaintiffs, defendants, petitioners, or respondents regarding the income of the parties, their expenses, any real or person property in which the parties have an interest and the extent of such parties’ interest therein, and the sworn statement must be admissible as evidence of the truth of the contents. This bill requires a judge or chancellor to require a sworn statement regarding the above information and adds to the disclosure whether the parties have health insurance coverage in employer-based health coverage and whether any minor children of the marriage are eligible to be covered by the coverage.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 37-1-189(a), 37-1-189