Newly Married Checklist

Details: Completing a Release of Personal Information grants Reliant permission to release certain information to your spouse if you wish. You can also choose to designate your spouse as your emergency contact. 

Resource: Release of Personal Information

Medical

Details: If you are covered by Reliant-offered medical insurance, you must fill out a medical insurance form if your spouse will or will not be added to your plan. You may also want to look at your HSA Contribution amount. You can update this amount by completing a new Cafeteria Form.

Timeline: Changes can be made up to 60 days from the date of your marriage for domestic medical insurance with GuideStone or 30 days for the International medical plan with Aetna to make any changes to your medical insurance. Coverage starts retroactively to the date of your marriage. Changes must be submitted to Reliant 3 business days before those deadlines to allow time for Reliant to process your changes.

Domestic Medical Plan Resources:

• Medical Insurance 
• Adding a Dependent to Insurance
• To waive, email benefits@reliant.org
• Cafeteria Plan Enrollment Form
• Update your HSA Beneficiary: HSA Personal Dashboard

International Medical Plan Resources:

• Eligibility and Enrollment for International Aetna Insurance

Dental

Details: You can choose to add your spouse to your dental coverage.

Timeline: You have 30 days from the date of your marriage for domestic Dental insurance with RSLI or for the International medical plan with Aetna to add your spouse. Dental insurance for internationals is bundled along with their medical coverages listed above. Changes must be submitted to Reliant 3 business days before those deadlines to allow time for Reliant to process your changes.

Domestic Dental Plan Resources:

• Dental Insurance
• Adding a Dependent to Insurance

Vision

Details: You can choose to add your spouse to your vision coverage. To elect this coverage, please submit an updated Cafeteria Form.

Timeline: You have 31 days from the date of your marriage to add your spouse for domestic vision insurance. Vision insurance for internationals is bundled along with their medical coverages listed above. Changes must be submitted to Reliant 3 business days before those deadlines to allow time for Reliant to process your changes.

Domestic Resources:

• Vision Insurance - Coverage and Rates
• Adding a Dependent to Insurance
• Cafeteria Plan Enrollment Form

Life Insurance

Details:  You can change your voluntary life insurance coverage for yourself or your new spouse. You can also update the beneficiary for both your all Life insurance coverage. Changes must be made within 30 days of the marriage or during Open Enrollment. Changes must be submitted to Reliant 3 business days before those deadlines to allow time for Reliant to process your changes.

Resources:

• Voluntary Life insurance 
• Adding a Dependent to Insurance

Details: You'll need to change your support goal to correctly raise toward the increased coverage level.

Resource:

• U.S. Ongoing Employees: Support Goals on Toolbox
• International Workers: Support Goal Worksheet for Internationals
• Interns and Residents: Contact your Liaison

Details: Fill out this form to let us know if you have moved.

Resources:

• Contact Info Change Form - US 
• Contact Info Change Form - International

To change your legal name on file with Reliant for Payroll and Tax purposes, please submit the New Social Security Card Form linked here with a picture of your new Social Security Card that shows your new last name. This form utilizes DocuSign which is a secured platform. Once you submit your new Social Security Card, Reliant can update your name in its systems. For questions, please email payroll@reliant.org

Details: If you are combining to your spouse's bank account or starting a new one, please let us know where we should deposit your paycheck.

Resource:

• Direct Deposit

Details: Submit completed forms to payroll@reliant.org.

Resources:

• Federal W-4
• State W-4 (Please contact payroll@reliant.org for the appropriate withholding form for your state)

Details: Some benefits can be paid out to a beneficiary. You can update that beneficiary at any point.

Resource: 

• Updating Beneficiary Information - Life Insurance
• Changes to Beneficiaries - Principal 401(k)
• Beneficiary Information

• Notify your donors of your marriage in a prayer letter
• If your spouse is a donor to the account you are responsible for, email gift.services@reliant.org to cancel that recurring gift.

If you are merging funds, also complete the steps below.

• If a donor is giving to both accounts you are individually responsible for, ask the donor how they would like to update their giving and notify gift.services@reliant.org of the change.
• Notify your donors that you will be sharing a Reliant account, and gifts will be automatically transferred to the new account number.