Divorce Options San Diego can also mediate your legal separation if you are not ready to be divorced. In a legal separation, we will help you divide your assets, divide your debts, make legally binding agreements about child custody, child support, spousal support, and health care. Because you will still be married, you can file your taxes together and support each other in times of hospital crisis. In the future, you would be able to dismiss the legal separation or file for marital dissolution.