No, you're just shacking up.
You are the surviving spouse as long as you weren't divorced. You have all the rights provided by your state laws as the surviving spouse. You can check the laws of your state at the related question link provided below.
Once everything is filed with the court, a California divorce takes about six months before you are divorced. If the divorcing couple is living together, a divorce is filed in the California Superior Court in the county of residence of either spouse. One spouse must have lived in California for at least 6 months prior to the divorce and in the specific county for at least 3 months.
Benefits for a divorced spouseYour divorced spouse can get benefits on your Social Security record if the marriage lasted at least 10 years. Your divorced spouse must be 62 or older and unmarried.The amount of benefits he or she gets has no effect on the amount of benefits you or your current spouse can get.Also, if you and your ex-spouse have been divorced for at least two years and you and your ex-spouse are at least 62, he or she can get benefits even if you are not retired.Benefits for a divorced spouseYour divorced spouse can get benefits on your Social Security record if the marriage lasted at least 10 years. Your divorced spouse must be 62 or older and unmarried.The amount of benefits he or she gets has no effect on the amount of benefits you or your current spouse can get.Also, if you and your ex-spouse have been divorced for at least two years and you and your ex-spouse are at least 62, he or she can get benefits even if you are not retired.Benefits for a divorced spouseYour divorced spouse can get benefits on your Social Security record if the marriage lasted at least 10 years. Your divorced spouse must be 62 or older and unmarried.The amount of benefits he or she gets has no effect on the amount of benefits you or your current spouse can get.Also, if you and your ex-spouse have been divorced for at least two years and you and your ex-spouse are at least 62, he or she can get benefits even if you are not retired.Benefits for a divorced spouseYour divorced spouse can get benefits on your Social Security record if the marriage lasted at least 10 years. Your divorced spouse must be 62 or older and unmarried.The amount of benefits he or she gets has no effect on the amount of benefits you or your current spouse can get.Also, if you and your ex-spouse have been divorced for at least two years and you and your ex-spouse are at least 62, he or she can get benefits even if you are not retired.
Divorced.
While the divorce is pending, the spouse is still the spouse, and the legal status does not change. On the day that the divorce is granted, the spouse is no longer the spouse, and reverts to non-related.
If you divorced your spouse but never stopped living together. The divorce became final after the waiting period ended if you did nothing to stop it. You are legally divorced. If you want to be legally married and have all the legal benefits of marriage then you must get remarried.If you divorced your spouse but never stopped living together. The divorce became final after the waiting period ended if you did nothing to stop it. You are legally divorced. If you want to be legally married and have all the legal benefits of marriage then you must get remarried.If you divorced your spouse but never stopped living together. The divorce became final after the waiting period ended if you did nothing to stop it. You are legally divorced. If you want to be legally married and have all the legal benefits of marriage then you must get remarried.If you divorced your spouse but never stopped living together. The divorce became final after the waiting period ended if you did nothing to stop it. You are legally divorced. If you want to be legally married and have all the legal benefits of marriage then you must get remarried.
yes , you have to use rude expressions to get divorced
no
It is possible to be divorced and never know especially if your spouse is residing in another state.
If you and your divorced spouse have children, then you can add the word (divorved) to the spouse's entry. Many computer programs that make family trees provide a field to indicate a divorce. If you have no children with that spouse, you can leave the spouse off the tree if you want.
The surviving spouse has legal rights regardless of whether he/she remarries after the death of his/her spouse.
Do you mean after being divorced? Most certainly. My uncle and his wife are back together. Even if you haven't been divorced and you and your spouse are feeling distant you can still get it together. There's counseling for it. If that's not what you mean, I don't know. So many people word their questions funny or don't put enough detail.