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<\/a><\/p>\nYou are experiencing marital problems. \u00a0No longer can or desire to live with your spouse. \u00a0But do not desire to permanently end the marriage, at least not at this time. \u00a0You may need to consider a legal separation.\u00a0 Whether for religious reasons. \u00a0To maintain health insurance. \u00a0Or for other personal reasons. \u00a0There are times when a person does not want to obtain an absolute divorce<\/a>, but only a legal separation<\/strong>.\u00a0 The process for obtaining a legal separation in Tennessee is very similar to the process of divorce<\/a>. Seek the advice of a Chattanooga divorce lawyer about the options of separation, divorce, and the issues of child custody, spousal support or alimony<\/a>, health insurance, etc.<\/p>\n Obtaining a legal marital separation in Tennessee is very similar to filing for an absolute divorce. \u00a0<\/em>A person seeking a legal separation must file a petition in the Circuit or Chancery Court (in some counties Family Court or General Sessions). \u00a0You must allege one or more of the same grounds<\/a>\u00a0as you would allege for a divorce. Such as adultery, inappropriate marital conduct, etc. \u00a0Once the petition for separation is filed, it will then be served (usually by the Sheriff’s department) upon the other spouse. Who will have thirty (30) days to answer or object to the request for relief.\u00a0 In the event that the other party objects to a legal separation, then the Court will conduct a hearing and weigh such objections against the reasons and evidence for the separation. \u00a0 However, if the other party (the Defendant) objects only to the existence of grounds for divorce. \u00a0But does not specifically object to the separation the court will grant the request. And enter an Order of Legal Separation<\/strong>.\u00a0 Within such an order the Court may make provisions for spousal support, child support, child custody and the like.\u00a0 However, a marital separation order\u00a0is not a Final Decree of Divorce. \u00a0No final disposition of property is made. \u00a0Nor is there a final disposition of child custody matters.<\/p>\n The Court may grant an absolute divorce if after two (2) years of legal separation. If either party files an petition seeking a divorce and shows that the parties have not reconciled.\u00a0 However, the parties do not have to wait the two years. But can petition the court at anytime to proceed with a divorce upon fault grounds.\u00a0 Of course, the parties may also enter an agreed<\/a> divorce. And present the agreement to the court for approval upon irreconcilable differences.<\/p>\n A legal separation<\/strong> does not affect the bonds of matrimony, but ceases matrimonial cohabitation (living together). It\u00a0is sometimes referred to as a “divorce from bed and board<\/em>“. \u00a0To learn more about marital separation contact<\/a> a family law<\/a> divorce lawyer<\/strong> of Purple Law Firm in Chattanooga, Tennessee TN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Legal Separation – Not Dissolution of Marriage You are experiencing marital problems. \u00a0No longer can or desire to live with your spouse. \u00a0But do not desire to permanently end the marriage, at least not at this time. \u00a0You may need to consider a legal separation.\u00a0 Whether for religious reasons. \u00a0To maintain health insurance. \u00a0Or for other personal reasons. \u00a0There are times when a person does not want to obtain an absolute divorce, but only a legal separation.\u00a0 The process for obtaining a legal separation in Tennessee is very similar to the process of divorce. Seek the advice of a Chattanooga divorce lawyer about the optionsRead More →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,16,17,20,21,30],"tags":[86,87,136,179,232],"yst_prominent_words":[1689,1683,354,391,453,635,1687,567,361,821,1688,1684,1682,1681,530,393,754,1685,622,1686],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-admin","4":"post-631","6":"format-standard","7":"category-divorce-lawyer-chattanooga-tennessee","8":"category-domestic-relations-family-law","9":"category-domestic-relations-attorneys","10":"category-family-law-attorneys","11":"category-featured-legal-articles","12":"category-tennessee-divorce-attorney","13":"post_tag-child-custody","14":"post_tag-child-support","15":"post_tag-divorce-lawyer","16":"post_tag-grounds-for-divorce","17":"post_tag-legal-separation"},"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Todd Couvillon","author_link":"https:\/\/purplelawfirm.com\/law-and-you-chattanooga\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"hoot-small-preview":false,"hoot-large-preview":false,"hoot-medium-preview":false,"hoot-wide":false,"hoot-extra-wide":false,"hoot-boxcontent":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Todd Couvillon","author_link":"https:\/\/purplelawfirm.com\/law-and-you-chattanooga\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Legal Separation – Not Dissolution of Marriage You are experiencing marital problems. \u00a0No longer can or desire to live with your spouse. \u00a0But do not desire to permanently end the marriage, at least not at this time. \u00a0You may need to consider a legal separation.\u00a0 Whether for religious reasons. \u00a0To maintain health insurance. \u00a0Or for…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purplelawfirm.com\/law-and-you-chattanooga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purplelawfirm.com\/law-and-you-chattanooga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purplelawfirm.com\/law-and-you-chattanooga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purplelawfirm.com\/law-and-you-chattanooga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purplelawfirm.com\/law-and-you-chattanooga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purplelawfirm.com\/law-and-you-chattanooga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purplelawfirm.com\/law-and-you-chattanooga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purplelawfirm.com\/law-and-you-chattanooga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purplelawfirm.com\/law-and-you-chattanooga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purplelawfirm.com\/law-and-you-chattanooga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Process of Obtaining a Legal Separation<\/h3>\n
Legal Separation May be Converted to an Absolute Divorce<\/h3>\n
Contact a Divorce Lawyer about Legal Separation<\/h3>\n