legal separation

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legal separation

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The grown-up Stephanie Tanner allegedly filed for legal separation from Coyle this week, after just 15 months of marriage.

She calls it a “legal separation only,” and says she will stay by his side “as long as I can help him.”

The case was brought before the court, a decision was promptly rendered, and a legal separation was thus effected.

He not only did not bother about getting a legal separation, but he ran away with a young girl, whom he had grown to love.

Minor degrees of unworthiness may entitle the innocent party to a legal separation, but without the power of re-marriage.

Moreover, mere unhappiness, mere disappointment of the affections, does not establish a claim for legal separation.

He had legally married his wife, but he did not bother about getting a legal separation.

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