The matter will be handled and preceded by a divorce attorney and hence you will be guided with the pros and cons of Legal Separation and Divorce. After a period of time, if the couple eventually resolves for a divorce, they can proceed for the same while the provisions of legal separation will serve as basis of the divorce. The grounds of legal separation is same as that of a divorce such as<\/p>\n

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1. Adultery<\/li>\n
2. Cruelty<\/li>\n
3. Desertion<\/li>\n
4. Insanity<\/li>\n
5. Apostasy<\/li>\n
6. Leprosy<\/li>\n
7. Infectious Diseases etc<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

   So, why Legal Separation and not Divorce when every aspect of the marriage is being split and discussed?<\/h2>\n

   Judicially, a legally separated couple adheres to more benefits than a divorced couple. They are;<\/p>\n

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   1. It acts as a decider. The couple will be legally married but living with enough space and time to reconsider; therefore it will be easier to revoke the separation if they choose to.<\/li>\n
   2. They are entitled to access joint accounts (if any), savings, credit accounts and other joint financial credits.<\/li>\n
   3. Couples will be eligible for government benefits of the each other such as social securities.<\/li>\n
   4. They may also enjoy tax benefits such as claiming tax deductions if one spouse continues to support the other.<\/li>\n
   5. Also, couples will still be eligible in getting covered in each other\u2019s medical insurance policy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The above benefits will be forfeited once a legal divorce proceeding is carried forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      There is a very thin line of difference between Legal Separation and Divorce. But if you look into the minutiae, it is vast. A legal Separation is when the couple is unsure about terminating the marriage; they will still be husband and wife but living separately whereas a divorce is the final phase of dissolution […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[58],"class_list":["post-710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-law","tag-divorce-lawyer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsbagga.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsbagga.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsbagga.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsbagga.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsbagga.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsbagga.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5408,"href":"https:\/\/gsbagga.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710\/revisions\/5408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsbagga.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsbagga.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsbagga.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}