While this factor will almost certainly be taken into account--as all factors representing the two, soon to be forrmer, spouses financial and health situations will be taken into account--it may not end up helping you as much as you might hope. For example, it might be reasonable that you have to split 1/2 of everything over and above provable medical expenses, which will still leave you with very littlel after paying the wife and the doctors. It may also be the case that any settlement or court order will have some time factor built in, such that it will be revisted in 2, 3, 4, or etc. years, after your health situation has presumably changed. Also, your wife does not need to take your representations as to health and cost at face value--she can force you to prove them, which may involve an expert witness, which will further eat into your funds.At the end of the day, you'll likely end up in more or less the same financial place, with the main difference being who gets the money (wife or doctors, in what ratio).