Legal Question in Family Law in California

Reply: Legal Separation

In a general sense, a legal separation is a judicial process that does everything a divorce does in terms of allocation of assets and debts, establish child custody and visitation, determine child or spousal support, etc. The only difference is when you are finished with a legal separation, you are legally husband and wife and are not free to remarry.

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Re: Legal Separation

Normally legal separation is pursued only in cases where one or both parties is a devout Roman Catholic (or other religious adherent) for whom divorce is against their religious beliefs.

Parties to a legal separation may not lawfully remarry until or unless they get a divorce or one spouse dies. In all other respects (property, support etc.) a legal separation operates identically to a divorce.