Opinion ID: 2265400
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Heading Rank: 7

Heading: the wife's healthcare coverage

Text: The general master required the husband to pay for the wife's health-care coverage in accordance with the Rhode Island Insurance Continuation Act or during the five-year period in which the husband is paying the sums due pursuant to marital distribution, whichever occurs later. General Laws 1956 (1989 Reenactment) § 27-20.4-1 allows the wife to be eligible for continuing benefits under her husband's health plan until (1) the remarriage of either party to the divorce or (2) such time as provided by the judgment of divorce. We are of the opinion that this portion of the order requires clarification. We cannot determine whether this health-care coverage would terminate forthwith upon the payment of the lump sum provided in the marital distribution award or upon the remarriage of either party. We therefore remand this question to the general master for clarification. We have considered other points raised by the husband in support of his appeal and find that they are without merit. For the reasons stated, the orders issued by the master are affirmed in part and modified in part. The papers in the case are remanded to the general master with directions to modify his orders in accordance with this opinion.