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monicas1978

Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Texas
Can someone living in Texas be legally separated? I heard they cannot but I want to make sure.
 


seniorjudge

Senior Member
§ 7.006. AGREEMENT INCIDENT TO DIVORCE OR ANNULMENT. (a) To promote amicable settlement of disputes in a suit for divorce or annulment, the spouses may enter into a written agreement concerning the division of the property and the liabilities of the spouses and maintenance of either spouse. The agreement may be revised or repudiated before rendition of the divorce or annulment unless the agreement is binding under another rule of law.
(b) If the court finds that the terms of the written agreement in a divorce or annulment are just and right, those terms are binding on the court. If the court approves the agreement, the court may set forth the agreement in full or incorporate the agreement by reference in the final decree.
(c) If the court finds that the terms of the written agreement in a divorce or annulment are not just and right, the court may request the spouses to submit a revised agreement or may set the case for a contested hearing.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, § 1, eff. April 17, 1997.

Legal separation is granted by Section 7.006 of the Texas Family Code


However, I have found some sites that say just the opposite:

http://www.utexas.edu/student/lss/domrel.html
 
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