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If you are not divorced on the last day of the tax year, your filing status choices are
You cannot file as a single person unless you meet the strict definition of "legally separated" under a court decree, and your state recognizes legal separation
(Note: Once you are married, whether common law or otherwise, you are married until a court issues you a divorce. There is common law marriage but no common law divorce.
If you are not divorced on the last day of the tax year, your filing status choices are
You cannot file as a single person unless you meet the strict definition of "legally separated" under a court decree, and your state recognizes legal separation
(Note: Once you are married, whether common law or otherwise, you are married until a court issues you a divorce. There is common law marriage but no common law divorce.So what happened?
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