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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So is a "Legal Separation" per 13:16's distinction a document about the period and terms of being separated (pre-divorce), or is it about the terms of divorce.  For example, I can see in a Legal Separation stipulating one party will pay for upkeep of the home, or we will split upkeep of the traditional home.  But that might not be what is in a divorce decree.  The question, then, is do people write agreements about the separation period - who drives Suzy to school, etc. - or is that seen as spurious?  And does whatever might be written into an agreement about the separation period be presumed to carry over to the divorce period?  
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It kind of depends.  If you are separating when you are pretty sure you are going to divorce, you draft the agreement, hopefully with legal representation, and if it covers all the necessary bases, it can be later merged into the divorce decree.

Even if you aren't pretty sure about divorce, I would think if you are going to bother with an agreement, you'd want it to cover the major bases--property, debt, support, custody.  All that stuff that will get sticky fast if you didn't figure it out before separating.  [/quote]

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