In my experience, the only three times that I’ve really seen re people go through a legal separation rather than a
divorce since it is all the same work is either they have very strong religious convictions or there’s issues related
medical issues so they want to maintain their health insurance. Or the third which is probably most common is the emotional piece. they feel like somehow
that that is a softer, gentler way to do anything when in reality it’s better just rip off the band-aid because if you
then have to go through the process of terminating your marital status, it’s more money, it’s time consuming, and it’s just keeping the process going.