Paper divorce

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A paper divorce is a case in which a couple obtains a legal divorce but continues to live together as before. It may be done for financial reasons, such as to isolate medical debts to only fall on the ill partner.[1] If the divorce is fraudulent, it is called a sham divorce.[2][3]

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