I Am Getting Divorced/Dissolving My Domestic Partnership

You can enroll in coverage or remove dependents to your health, dental, or vision insurance within 30 days of getting a divorce. You also have the option to change plan options or enroll in a different plan. If you make a midyear plan change, any deductible and out-of-pocket amounts already accumulated will carry over to your new plan.

Coverage will be effective the first of the month after the divorce.

Any additional changes to your plan must be made during Open Enrollment.

You can change your contributions or enroll in an FSA due to a qualifying life event. Your deductions will start the month after the election is made and you are eligible to use health care FSA contributions as of the effective date of coverage. You are able to use dependent care contributions as they accrue.

Eligible employees can elect/increase/decrease or de-enroll from voluntary term life for themselves, their spouse or their children due to divorce. The premium for VTL includes accidental death and dismemberment insurance and can be calculated for each coverage amount by viewing page four of the Group Voluntary Term Life Coverage document.

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If you need to update your life insurance beneficiaries due to a qualifying life event, please use the UNI Works System.

For IPERS beneficiaries, please log into the IPERS website to update.

To update your TIAA beneficiaries, please log onto the TIAA website to update.

If you decide to enroll into a plan, or add a dependent, through UNI you will need to provide the following documentation:

• Divorce of separation decree, or
• Legal separation agreement, or
• Dissolution of Domestic Partnership

Effective July 1, 2024, employees who experience a qualified life event and request changes to their family health and/or dental coverage are required to verify all dependent relationships by submitting appropriate legal documentation. If you are adding dependents to your UNI health and/ordental plans, you must provide the below.

Examples of documentation:

1. Spouse - marriage certificate, common law spouse affidavit
2. Domestic Partner - notarized domestic partner affidavit
3. Child - birth certificate which includes parents names, adoption paperwork, court order, or guardianship paperwork

At the time of your life event, documentation may be securely uploaded through UNI Works or presented in person at the Human Resources Office (Gilchrist 025). All documentation must be reviewed by HRS staff; however, no copies will be retained after the initial review (e.g., electronically submitted documents will be purged). For your security, please do not send personal documentation via email.

A divorce may mean a change in name. Legal name changes must be made in person by visiting Human Resource Services. For privacy protection, a photo ID will be requested before a change will be made.

To change your address please log into UNI Works and click on ‘Personal Information' from the Menu. Locate the Contact Information button under 'Change'.

You may also need to update your tax information. This can be done by logging into UNI Works and navigating to Menu > Benefits and Pay > Pay > Tax.

Annual Open Enrollment

If you do not make any changes during open enrollment your coverage selection will remain the same.

Qualifying Life Event

You may also enroll, waive, or change your coverage selection based on a qualifying life event.

UNI Works

UNI Works is designed to help you enroll, make changes, and view your current benefit elections, dependents and beneficiaries all in one location. When logging into UNI Works, select Benefits and Pay from the Main Menu.

1Q: How long can my spouse stay on my plan after the divorce?

1A: Coverage will end on the last day of the month that is listed on the divorce decree/dissolution affidavit.

2Q: Can I keep my stepchildren on my plan?

2A: The employee must be the dependents legal guardian to continue covering them on the university health plans.