Legal Question in Family Law in Iowa

What is the difference between divorce and legal separation


Asked on 1/06/10, 4:25 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Robert Luedeman solo practitioner

Separation in Iowa is sort of a gentleman's agreement. You can have an informal agreement to that effect. A dissolution is final, and the institution of marriage between the parties is dissolved by the court, whereupon issues of property, debt and custody are equitably divided by the court.

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Answered on 1/11/10, 9:18 pm


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