What is the Difference Between a Legal Separation and Divorce?

Legal separation is not like a permanent separation from your spouse it is a way to live separately while remaining married. While living separately, you will have a court order that outlines the rights and responsibilities of each spouse whereas Divorce is a Permanent separation. Most of the clients asked a very common question "What is covered in a Legal separation agreement "?

Your legal a separation agreement will cover all issues like if you have children how much child support you receive or pay will be documented. According to the agreement, Custody will also be documented and the spouses come up with together. During Legal separation, you will remain married but have to live separately from your Partner. During this period, you can analyze the bad and good things of taking this decision and change it if you want.

A separation of the agreement can protect your interests until the decision is made to file for divorce. The separation agreement also sets precedence for the divorce that may follow. If you want to divorce after the separation a judge will assume that you were very satisfied with your legal separation and your divorce would be carry over very easily. So you must come to a separation agreement you can live with long term

A Legal separation makes you able to finalize your decision very carefully whether you can live without your spouse or not after the Divorce. If you don't want to go for divorce you can sort out all issues with your Partner during Legal separation and you can also take advantage of couples counseling or consulting a Lawyer for finding new ways to handle conflict when it arises in the marriage.