A petition for legal separation may be filed on any of the following grounds: (1) Repeated physical violence or grossly abusive conduct directed a…
Read moreThe petition for legal separation shall be denied on any of the following grounds: (1) Where the aggrieved party has condoned the offense or act …
Read moreAn action for legal separation shall be filed within five years from the time of the occurrence of the cause. (Art. 57, Family Code)
Read moreAn action for legal separation shall in no case be tried before six months shall have elapsed since the filing of the petition. (Art. 58, Family Code)…
Read moreMay the court issue a decree of legal separation based upon facts stipulated by the spouses?
No decree of legal separation shall be based upon a stipulation of facts or a confession of judgment. In any case, the Court shall order the prose…
Read moreThe effects of filing of petition for legal separation are as follows: (1) The spouses shall be entitled to live separately from each other. …
Read moreThe decree of legal separation shall have the following effects: (1) The spouses shall be entitled to live separately from each other, but the ma…
Read moreWhat must the spouses do in case they reconcile during the pendency of the legal separation proceedings or after the finality of the decree of legal s…
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