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In Louisiana, you can only file for a legal separation if you have a covenant marriage. This is an incredibly strict form of marriage that only some individuals pursue. If this applies to you, you'll need to provide the court with a legal reason for the separation.

In Louisiana, community property is typically divided equally by a 50/50 split of the net value of the marital estate. The net value of the estate simply means the value of community property after accounting for any community debts.

Louisiana is a community property state. Marital property (and marital debts) are divided 50-50 when divided by the court. You can alternatively choose to create your own divorce settlement agreement and divide up property in a way that seems fair to you as long as you and your spouse can agree.

Separate property brought into the marriage that loses its identity by commingling, replacement, etc., becomes community property. Upon termination of marriage, separate property funds used for the benefit of the community are reimbursed to the spouse whose separate property was used in the amount of 50%, not 100%.

And when a couple gets divorced in Louisiana, the judge will divide their community property equally, unless the spouses have agreed to a different way of splitting up their assets and debts. But each spouse will keep their own separate property.

When it comes to deciding who gets to keep the family home after the divorce is final, Louisiana law doesn't favor either spouse. If you and your spouse own your home and can't agree on what to do with it, the judge will make a decision based on the specific circumstances in your case.