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The Use of Separation Agreements
By:Amanda Baker
In these days of divorces, so many people would love to keep their marriage together forever. However, when marriages begin to fall apart, divorces can often be messy. There is a way to make a divorce easier to work with, and that is with a separation agreement.
A separation agreement is a written legal document that memorializes both the marital and divorce agreements of a couple prior to their divorce. A separation agreement must be signed and notarized to become effective, and must be entered into voluntarily with full disclosure on the part of both parties to actually be enforced.
A contested divorce - a divorce without such an agreement - can costs thousands of dollars, in attorney fees, court costs, and filing fees, and can cause a lot of stress and unnecessary headaches. By contrast, an uncontested divorce, where both parties have already resolved their differences by agreement, is much less expensive and time-consuming. A separation agreement reduces the cost of divorce by resolving important dissolution issues, such as alimony, child or pet custody and visitation, child support, and property distribution.
There is a bit of confusion between separation agreements and legal separation. In general, a separation agreement is not a legal separation. A legal separation is simply a term given to the status of a married couple. A separation agreement is an enforceable contract between the couple regarding their agreements about the ending of their marriage.
Most places require a physical separation of parties to effect a legal separation, others permit married couples to continue to live together during the separation period - often called "cohabitation." Some states require nothing more than a physical separation of the parties to begin a legal separation, while others require the filing of certain documents with a court to get separation procedures started. Although a separation agreement can be considered to be a legal separation in some instances, the terms are not interchangeable.
There are several advantages to having a separation agreement. Most states allow couples who have entered into a separation agreements to be divorced much more quickly than couples without such an agreement. The agreement almost universally allows a couple to pursue the divorce on an uncontested basis, which is truly thousands of dollars cheaper than an ugly contested divorce.
A divorce attorney in your state can help discuss separation terms and agreements can make a divorce easier for you. Divorce should always be seen as a last resort at the end of a marriage, but if that seems to be the only option, at least a separation agreement can make the divorce proceedings easier.
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Amanda Baker writes for All Things
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