Court upholds contractual payments: ex-husband must keep paying fuel, health cover

NewsWorld NewsUS NewsIn Louisiana, a couple’s 2016 divorce agreement required an ex-husband to pay his former wife’s fuel and health insurance expenses; a court upheld the obligations after her remarriage and rejected her claim to half the proceeds from a property sold for $500,000.

In Louisiana, a couple’s 2016 divorce agreement required an ex-husband to pay his former wife’s fuel and health insurance expenses; a court upheld the obligations after her remarriage and rejected her claim to half the proceeds from a property sold for $500,000.

In Louisiana, a couple's 2016 divorce agreement required an ex-husband to pay his former wife's fuel and health insurance expenses; a court upheld the obligations after her remarriage and rejected her claim to half of a property sold for $500,000A Louisiana appeals court has upheld a 2016 agreement that a former couple made, ruling that an ex-husband’s contractual obligations to pay his former wife’s fuel and health insurance expenses did not automatically end when she remarried.

The Third Circuit Court of Appeal issued its written opinion on October 30, 2026. It affirmed the trial court’s 2025 judgment in full. The same court rejected the woman’s claim to half the money from a house her ex-husband’s company later sold.The divorce and agreements The Louisiana couple married in 1994.

The marriage lasted for 22 years, and they divorced in 2016. Following the divorce, the former couple signed a court-approved agreement that divided some of their property.Under that agreement, the woman could use of a 2014 Jeep and a 2015 Cadillac.

She agreed to pay for their upkeep and insurance. Her ex-husband agreed to pay for her gas and to keep her on his health insurance. The gas promise went beyond those two cars. It covered “any other vehicles” she might use.

A year after the divorce, the former couple signed a broader agreement. It said they would split equally any money from selling a house in Lake Charles. Now the question is about the gas charges and health insurance. Were those payments part of spousal support?

This question matters, because state law usually ends support when the person receiving it remarries. However, in this case, the court observed, they were not. State support rules apply to support a judge's orders. These payments came from an agreement the couple made themselves.

Their agreement does not mention an end date. The court said that did not change the result. Courts generally enforce deals that parties freely make, even if one side later regrets them.The appeals court found no clear error in the trial judge’s decision and refused to end the ex husband’s payments.

As the payments were contractual obligations, not spousal support, the court did not consider his separate argument about remarriage. Both sides will share the appeal costs equally. Either party may also ask the court to rehear the case within the time allowed by Louisiana law.

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