{"id":215939,"date":"2024-12-16T20:09:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T01:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yaragarcia.com\/?page_id=215939"},"modified":"2024-12-17T04:44:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T09:44:13","slug":"separation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yaragarcia.com\/en\/practice-areas-birmingham-al\/family-law\/separation\/","title":{"rendered":"Separation, Birmingham, AL"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>If you are seeking legal separation from your spouse, we can facilitate it.<\/h2>\n<p>In some cases, a married couple may want to live apart, divide assets, and allocate parental responsibilities, but they may not be ready for the finality that comes with legal termination of their marriage. Rather than divorce, they may get a legal <strong>separation<\/strong>. A separated couple is still married in the eyes of the law, and they can either reconcile or pursue divorce at a later date.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"content-image aligncenter wp-image-215956 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/iStock-1200305120_res.jpg\" alt=\"Separation in Birmingham, Alabama\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/iStock-1200305120_res.jpg 800w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/iStock-1200305120_res-480x240.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are many reasons why a couple might opt for a separation over a divorce, such as the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keeping their spouse covered under their insurance plan<\/li>\n<li>Filing taxes jointly or married filing separately rather than filing as single<\/li>\n<li>Avoiding complications with dividing assets and property<\/li>\n<li>Religious reasons<\/li>\n<li>Immigration status<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Whatever your reasons for seeking separation from your spouse are, it\u2019s important to hire a trustworthy legal professional or team to handle the process. If you are in <strong>Birmingham, Alabama<\/strong>, our lawyers at Yara Garcia &amp; Abogadas can assist you with your needs. We are a family law firm with the experience, knowledge, resources, and compassion necessary to ensure the process goes smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>We will review your case and take care of all the paperwork, negotiations, and other matters pertaining to your <strong>separation<\/strong> all while staying in communication with you. We are one of the only bilingual firms in the state, offering legal services in both English and Spanish, so you can receive the assistance you need in your native language.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/contacte-a-yara-garcia-abogadas\/\" rel=\"nofollow \">Contact our firm<\/a> and schedule a consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are seeking legal separation from your spouse, we can facilitate it. In some cases, a married couple may want to live apart, divide assets, and allocate parental responsibilities, but they may not be ready for the finality that comes with legal termination of their marriage. Rather than divorce, they may get a legal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":215958,"parent":215266,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-215939","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yaragarcia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/215939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yaragarcia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yaragarcia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yaragarcia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yaragarcia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215939"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/yaragarcia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/215939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215961,"href":"https:\/\/yaragarcia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/215939\/revisions\/215961"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yaragarcia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/215266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yaragarcia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yaragarcia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}