Title II — Legal Separation
Article 63
ELI5— what this means for you
When legal separation is granted, the effects are: (1) the spouses live separately; (2) the conjugal or community property is dissolved and liquidated but the innocent spouse keeps their share; (3) the offending spouse is disqualified from inheriting from the innocent spouse; (4) custody of minor children goes to the innocent spouse unless the court orders otherwise.
Key point
Legal separation: property is divided, but you cannot remarry — the marriage bond remains.
Official text — EO 209
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