Legal Definition and Related Resources of Judicial Separation

A separation of spouses sanctioned by the court after one of them has moved the court by petition claiming the relief. Less than a divorce for the marital status of the spouses is not changed. A divorce a mensa et thoro suspending marriage relations and modifying marital duties and obligations while it leaves the matrimonial bond in full force .

An order made by a divorce county court which stops the partners of a marriage having to live together in the same way as a divorce. It is quite rare to get a judicial separation, but can be used by couples who have a moral or religious objection to divorce. The order does not end the marriage so neither partner is free to marry again (or enter into a civil partnership).

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Translation of Judicial separation

• Spanish: Separación judicial
• French: Séparation judiciaire
• German: Gerichtliche Trennung
• Italian: Separazione legale
• Portuguese: Separação judicial
• Polish: Separacja sądowa

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See also

• Separated person