Dependent Definitions

 

 
Eligible Dependents

Spouse:

  • Your legally married spouse (divorced spouses are not eligible for coverage)

Domestic Partner:

  • Engaged in an ongoing committed and exclusive relationship
  • Must be each other’s sole domestic partner
  • Both must be at least 18 years of age
  • Must reside in the same residence
  • Not be related to each other

Child:

  • Your natural child, legally adopted child who is under age 18 at time of adoption, or child under the age of 18 in the process of being adopted;
  • Stepchild;
  • A child of your Domestic Partner; or
  • A child whom you have legal guardianship of; or
  • A child who is the subject of a Qualified Medical Child Support Order (QMCSO) issued to you.
  • Child with Disabilities
  • Unmarried child who is physically or mentally incapable for self-support and whose medical or physical disability commenced before the child reached age 26