Comments on: Filing for Legal Separation May Help You Get Divorced Faster

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:31:50 +0000

There is no waiting period required. Assuming that the legal separation action and residency requirements are met (and the legal separation case is still pending), a petition for legal separation may be amended to dissolution at any time.

By: Linda Farris

Linda Farris — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:56:02 +0000

If a legal separation is filed for reasons other than residency, and residency has been established for years, how long must the parties wait to amend to a dissolution?

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:43:33 +0000

Henry,
Thanks for the question. Any issues that have been decided or ordered by the court in a legal separation proceeding, such as the division of an asset or assets, are not reopened or redone in a divorce proceeding.

By: henry tas

henry tas — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:57:03 +0000

We have been legally separated for nearly 1 year.
If I want to file for a divorce, do we have to
redo the asset division ?
Thank you