Hi everyone, so I have a client. he says he is still married to his spouse and his filing status is married filing separate. He told me that he pays Alimony and that they were legally separated back in 2013 but still married and as of today 13 years later he is still paying alimony... does that even make sense? IS this normal..or in order to even pay out alimony you have to be 100% divorced? Im so confused i dont know the law about alimony/divorce/legal separation. I was talking about this client today with someone and they said something doesnt sound right. Should I ask to see the separation/divorce agreement or do most preparers just take the clients word for it? I feel like i should ask to see the separation agreement and hopefully its black and white and easy to read as i never seen one before. The clients lived in california and got separated in california... but the client just moved to Georgia.