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Originally Posted by mingiz  I thought in Md that you filed for separation first. Then after one year if there is no contesting , your granted absolute divorce. Once you have a signed separation agreement you can basically go on with your life single again. Atleast that's how it was when I did it. But that was a long time ago.  |
in the state of MD, a signed separation agreement does not give you that single life status again --- to go on living as though you do not still have a spouse. Only once you have a signed divorce decree by the judge granting your divorce is it then "ok". one or the other spouse can file for divorce based on the grounds of adultery during that separation if the other party is in fact committing adultery. there is no statute for "legal separation" in MD. Most people assume all is good once you have that signed agreement, however, that is not the case at all. In MD, you are married until you are divorced.