Question: What happens to your marriage during a legal separation?

Legal separation is a legal remedy for couples suffering from a problematic marriage. In legal separation, the couple is allowed to live apart and separately own assets. However, legally separated couples are not permitted to remarry, since their marriage is still considered valid and subsisting.

What are the effects of legal separation? Legal separation lets spouses live apart and awards net profits to the spouse without fault. Subject to court discretion on the best interests of the child, the custody of the minor children will be awarded to the innocent spouse.

Some of the advantages of legally separating include:Being able to retain your marital status for religious reasons.Allowing a couple some time to live apart and see if divorce is actually what they want. Being able to continue insurance benefits on your spouses coverage. Retaining certain military benefits.More items

Can you file head of household if married but separated?

The IRS considers you married for the entire tax year when you have no separation maintenance decree by the final day of the year. If you are married by IRS standards, You can only choose married filing jointly or married filing separately status. You cannot file as single or head of household.

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