Marital separation
Marital separation occurs when spouses in the marriage stop living together without getting divorced. Married couples may separate as an initial step in a divorce process or to relieve oneself perspective on the marriage and determine whether divorce is warranted. Other couples may separate as an selection to divorce for economic or religious reasons, for tax purposes, or to ensure continuing retirement and/or health insurance benefits for both spouses. A separation can be initiated informally, or there can be a legal separation with a formal separation agreement submitted with the court. As for a divorce, the latter may add provisions for alimony, if to defecate sole custody or shared parenting of all children, together with the amount of child support.