Hi AS6851,
Thank you for your question today!
If it is your wish to file married, you would need to delay the decree until the new year. The IRS looks at the filing status as of 11:59 on december 31st. In other words, you must be married at that time to use that filing status. If it can be postponed until the new year, you would be considered married even though you are going through a divorce
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