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Legal separation is when a married couple decides to live apart. In New York, legal separation is a court order with the terms (rules) of your separation. It is based on your separation agreement, and includes: 

Legal separation is when you stop living with your spouse and you have a legal separation agreement, or contract, that you both follow. If a spouse does not follow the agreement, family court can enforce it. 

Unlike a divorce, legal separation does not end your marriage.

Couples decide to legally separate instead of divorce for many reasons. Some of the most common reasons are:

Child support is money one parent pays to the other parent to help cover the cost of a child’s food, housing, clothing, healthcare, and other general expenses.

There are two ways to ask your co-parent to pay child support:

Spousal support is money that a court orders a person to pay their spouse while they are still married. 

Maintenance is money that a court orders a person to pay:

If you are a single parent and you do not live with your co-parent, you may want to claim your child on your taxes. There are a few things you should know:

When parents of a child do not live together, which parent can claim the child on the income tax return?

In general, the custodial parent is the parent who can claim the child on the income tax return. The custodial parent is the parent the child lived with for most of the year. 

Criminal laws are the rules that apply when someone commits a crime, such as assault, robbery, murder, arson, rape and other kinds of crimes. After a person is arrested and charged with a crime, that person goes to a Criminal Court. 

If you have refugee status or got asylum in the past 2 years, here is how to bring your spouse to the U.S.: 

If you are in foster care, you might qualify for a green card with Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS). SIJS protects young immigrants who are:

If you receive Social Security retirement benefits, certain family members may also be eligible to receive benefits based on your record. This includes ex-spouses, spouses, and children. These family members can receive a monthly payment of up to half of your retirement benefit amount without reducing your own benefit.

Your spouse may be eligible for benefits even if they have never worked under Social Security. They can qualify if they are at least 62 years old and you are receiving retirement or disability benefits.

If you live in New York City, you can get a government ID card that proves your identity. The NYC ID card also gets you into museums for free. You do not have to prove your immigration status to get a NYC ID. To learn more, visit IDNYC.

If you live in New York State, you have two options: