Legal Question in Family Law in Oregon

Re: Legal Seperation

General insurance industry practice is to treat spouses who are legally separated the same as if they were divorced.

In sum, if you want your spouse to be treated as your spouse for insurance coverage purposes, you have to continue to be married to each other, For insurance eligibility purposes, a Judgment of Legal Separation puts the spouses in the same position as if they had obtained a Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage. Same for income tax filing purposes. People who are legally separated are treated by IRS laws the same as people who are divorced.