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Legal Topics: Legal Separation

Statutes and Rules: (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

  • Minnesota Statutes, §518.06; index topic Separation of Husband and Wife.

    • Resources:

  • Annulment & Legal Separation, from the Self-Help Center, explains the difference between a separation and divorce.
  • Dunnell Minnesota Digest, article on Dissolution of Marriage, §1.04 Legal separation; separate maintenance. Dunnell's is an encyclopedia of Minnesota law available at the Law Library, county law libraries, and some public libraries.

    • Related Topics: Divorce.

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