We need to know about everyone who is applying for health coverage and their relationships to each other.
Learn more about these relationships
You may be asked to define the relationships between the people on your application. When asked to define the relationship, you can choose from this list:
- Spouse
- Domestic partner: An unrelated adult household partner who doesn’t have a legal marriage commitment.
- Parent
- Stepparent
- Parent's domestic partner: An unrelated adult household partner of a parent who doesn’t have a legal marriage commitment.
- Son/daughter
- Child of domestic partner: A child of an unrelated adult household partner who doesn’t have a legal marriage commitment.
- Brother/sister
- Uncle/aunt
- Nephew/niece
- Grandparent
- Grandchild
- Other relative: Other relationship by blood or marriage.
- Other unrelated: Other relationship not by blood or marriage.
If you select "other relative" or "other unrelated," you'll be shown an additional list of relationships. Then you can select the relationship from this list:
- Adopted son/daughter
- Foster child: A person up to age 21 who’s been placed in an institution, group home, or private home of a state-certified caregiver referred to as a "foster parent" by the state. In some cases, a child living with someone under a pre-adoption agreement may qualify as a foster child.
- Guardian: A person who’s responsible for the care and management of a minor child.
- Court-appointed guardian: An adult who’s been given legal responsibility by the court to manage the affairs of another person. Usually this is an adult who’s given legal responsibility to care for a child by the court, but a guardian can also be an adult with a legal responsibility to manage the affairs of another adult.
- Former spouse: An ex-husband or ex-wife.
- Collateral dependent: A relative by blood or marriage who lives in the home and is dependent on another person for a major portion of their support.
- Sponsored dependent: A person between 19-25 that relies on another adult for support, and isn’t attending school. (Note: Health plans may define the age range differently.)
- Dependent of a minor dependent: A child of a parent under 18.
- Ward: A person who’s under the care or responsibility of a parent or court-appointed guardian. Wards may be either minor children or disabled adults.
- Unrelated: Not related by blood or marriage.
- None of these relationships