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A court shall not enter a final judgment of divorce until after the expiration of 30 days from the date of the filing of the summons and complaint.

The marriages of all persons married subsequent to a divorce judgment granted in this state which did not prohibit the person from remarrying are hereby declared to be valid, notwithstanding that the judgment of divorce did not specifically confer on such person the right to remarry.

When a judgment has been entered granting a divorce in this state, the court shall order that neither party shall again marry, except to each other, until 60 days after the judgment is entered.

After divorce from the bonds of matrimony and within the discretion of the circuit court of the county in which the divorced wife resides and upon application of any interested party, the divorced wife may be enjoined from the use of the given name or initials of the divorced husband.

A legal separation is a court determination of the rights and responsibilities of a husband and wife arising out of the marital relationship.  A decree of legal separation does not terminate the marital status of the parties.