a

party may choose to remain married and

live legally separated meaning separate

or pursue into a

separation agreement and not obtain a

judgment of separation

when

they want to maintain the health

insurance between the two of them

because one person doesn’t have access

to the kind of coverage at the same cost

than if they had gotten divorced and

also in families where

there’s high net worth for example

and a high income earner filing married

jointly is

offers significantly lower taxes

than if they were

unmarried and single

those would be the two circumstances

that someone would want to

be legally separated but not pursuant to

a judgment of separation