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