We've lived apart for over a year, does this mean we're legally separated?

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We've lived apart for over a year, does this mean we're legally separated?

May 14, 2012, 08:25:32 AM

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We've lived apart for over a year, does this mean we're legally separated?

Probably not. In most States, legal separation does not occur until there is a written separation agreement or a court ordered separation.

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