Can a person be married and separated at the same time? How?

A person may not remarry unless his or her former spouse has died, or there has been a divorce (not a separation) I hope this helps.

If you are not legally divorced (with a finalized Judgment filed at the court), you cannot remarry. A pastor is not obligated to investigate every person that they marry to find out if they were ever married before and if so, if they were divorced. The pastor relies on the word of the couple when they fill out their paperwork/application and get a license to marry for the county.

Generally, in America, marriage is a legal status. A person cannot remarry if they are only legally separated. No remarriage is legally valid unless the party was unmarried at the time, read that divorced. "House marriages" where the party officiating does not require a marriage license, register the marriage with the authorities, and performed knowing that one of the persons is separated but not legally divorced are both invalid and potentially illegal. A person who knowingly marries another while they are married to a different person is a bigamist, which is a crime.

NO! Any person, in Florida, who is married cannot re-marry until they are divorced from the current spouse.