Legal Question in Family Law in Minnesota

Re: Legal Seperation

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A legal separation is a process similar to divorce. It allows the parties to

establish separate residences, determine custody and visitation, resolve

issues of child support and spousal maintenance, and divide property and

debt. It simply does not dissolve the marriage.

In the event you reconcile, the legal separation may be dismissed. In the

event you elect to divorce, the work is done and it is rather simple to

change the separation into a divorce.

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Re: Legal Seperation

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Response:

In twenty-five years of law practice I have never seen a legal separation that did not eventually turn into a divorce. In most situations I strongly advise against it. Too much duplication of effort, and too many issues that don't get finally resolved.

The last time I had clients who needed a court order to put some structure on their separation, but who didn't want to finalize a divorce, I negotiated terms for a temporary order which was part of a divorce proceeding, but then we put the divorce on inactive status. When the inevitable decision (which either party can make) came to proceed with the divorce, we were ready to put it back on active status and get on with it.