Divorce Grounds

Legal separation?

Legal Separation New York? My parents have been on again off again for years. Can they live together while being legally separated so that they can file for a divorce after one year if they wish? What do they need to do to get legally separated and how will that affect health insurance and taxes and stuff? Maybe someone knows of a website I can go to. The problem is they change their minds all the time so what if they do not want to be legally separated anymore, then what?

Public Comments

1. No you can not live together if you have a legal seperation in New York state. To do so makes the seperation null and void and in order to begin the divorce process they will have to get another legal seperation before they can file for divorce. In a legal separation nothing much changes other than the two parties live seperatly. They will have to discuss with their lawyers how they want the finances to be divided and whether they maintain the same insurance etc. It depends upon wht they agree upon. Sometimes an arbitrator is needed sometimes it is necessary to go to court. But first they have to decide once and for all just what it is they want, they can't keep going back and forth because they are wasting the court's time and money by doing so and that is illegal.
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