what are the disadvantages of a legal separation 
legal separations are serious and shouldn t be rushed into while not as well known and extreme as a divorce they still can be expensive complicated to execute create further friction between couples and introduce obligations that may be complicated to reverse some argue that a married couple should either work out their differences or just divorce with a legal separation the couple is legally separated but remains married this leaves them in a kind of strange middle ground for example with this status spouses cannot remarry as they would be able to do with a divorce and if legal separation does lead to divorce the couple will end up spending more money on court and legal fees etc 