#Agenda | Legal separation vs annulment Family Law Expert Atty. Lorna Kapunan explains the difference between legal separation and annulment and their effects to the children after the process. "Sa legal separation, asawa mo pa. There still is a marriage... (but) the properties are already divided, separated," Kapunan says. However, being legally separated doesn't imply the termination of divided properties in the case of inheritance rights, according to Kapunan. The Philippines recently shunned