I'm currently in the "we need counseling" phase after my post-cancer wife decided our 14 years together was no longer working and asked for a separation. I'm trying to be reasonable and hope she comes to her senses about us, but I also don't want to screw up everything if this does end our marriage.
I've been reading up here, and a lot of the advice seems to say I should not leave the home without legal separation documents in place, essentially beginning the divorce process while I'm still at home.
North Carolina law seems to say that divorce cannot be accomplished until a separation of a year. Can you separate within the home? We are amicable (hell, I still love her). Do I have to leave at all? How do you explain to the kids that Mommy and Daddy are sleeping in separate bedrooms because she wants a divorce? Has anyone ever done this? Or has anyone ever moved out because their spouse asked, and then paid for it in the courts?
I've been reading up here, and a lot of the advice seems to say I should not leave the home without legal separation documents in place, essentially beginning the divorce process while I'm still at home.
North Carolina law seems to say that divorce cannot be accomplished until a separation of a year. Can you separate within the home? We are amicable (hell, I still love her). Do I have to leave at all? How do you explain to the kids that Mommy and Daddy are sleeping in separate bedrooms because she wants a divorce? Has anyone ever done this? Or has anyone ever moved out because their spouse asked, and then paid for it in the courts?
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