You’ve decided to go through the process of a legal separation with your spouse instead of going through a divorce, which you believe is more permanent and doesn’t offer you the same benefits as you try to figure out where you and your spouse are going to turn next. The thing that you need to… Continue reading →
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If You Marry Someone Who Isn’t Legally Divorced at the Time
You may be familiar with the term ‘bigamy,’ which means that you would marry a second spouse without divorcing the first one. What happens if you find yourself in this same situation, even if you didn’t try it? This practice is illegal on a federal level and your marriage could suffer because of it. Today… Continue reading →
What You Can Do if Filing Taxes While Going Through a Separation
We know that everything dealing with your separation is important to you, because you want to know what you should and shouldn’t do. When you are faced with filing taxes while separated from your spouse, you will either file ‘married filing jointly’ or ‘married filing separately.’ You should know the benefits and losses of choosing… Continue reading →
When Separation is the Best Option and How the Process Works
It can be a very complicated process to decide whether legal separation or divorce is best for you. Weighing your options will only help you in the end, when you must consider things like custody, assets, and where you want to live. How are the two different? Why will a separation work best for you?… Continue reading →
What’s Right For You: Divorce, Separation, or Annulment
To understand whether or not a divorce, separation, or annulment is for you will be determined once you understand what each consists of. The divorce process may not be for everyone, which is why the laws in California give you various options when you and your spouse have split. Now you can find out more… Continue reading →
How to Truly Advance the Needs of the Child Between Separated Parents
Going through a divorce or separation is usually difficult for everyone involved. The parents who are separated or are planning to get divorced have issues regarding the other parent, and the child of said parents is feeling confused, insecure, afraid, etc. Often times in these situations when the issue of child custody and/or visitation comes… Continue reading →
Want to Get a Legal Separation?
For everyone who either doesn’t want to go through with a divorce, or wants to take a substantial amount of time off from their marriage, legal separation is an option. In a legal separation, both spouses are able to live separately but remain married; meanwhile, a court order organizes both spouses’ rights and responsibilities. Couples… Continue reading →
What Should Be said In a Separation Agreement
There are numerous reasons why a couple might pursue a legal separation. Whether those reasons reflect a conscious choice – religious or medical reasons – or are driven by legal technicalities, the inability to attain a tradition marriage, it is important to work with an experienced family law attorney who can guide you through the… Continue reading →
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