What Is The Difference Between Legal Separation And Divorce? – AttorneyBernie.Com

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00:00:05 a lot of people get confused about legal separation because their lawyer will tell them there’s a data separation now a data separation doesn’t mean a legal separation data separation means there was a date when the two of you decided your marriage was over and you both understood it both subjectively and objectively but a legal separation a judgment of legal separation is a different thing Judgment of legal separation is the same as a divorce except for one thing and that is you still remain married now you may want to

00:00:34 ask well why do people want legal separations sometimes it’s emotional sometimes people are just not ready to totally end it and they think there’s a chance that they may be able to get back together again other may be religious some churches will not serve Mass to somebody who’s divorced if they’re legally separated health insurance some employees will cover the other party under health insurance but if you divorced then the health insurance terminates so it’s important to consider these when filing for a legal separation

00:01:05 or a divorce you can always change from one to the other the thing about a legal separation is both people need to agree to it and also with the legal separation there’s not the six-month waiting period and of course I’m talking about California now for in a divorce there’s a six-month waiting period I find that very few people decide to do legal separations because the other one usually says no forget it let’s do the divorce and get it over with you can always get Prem married