elllie Posted June 19, 2004 Posted June 19, 2004 [font=century gothic][/font][color=violet][/color] I've been married for 6 years, but been together for 16 yrs. My husband and I have been fighting for about 1 year off and on, I want to know what a legal seperation is and what are the benifits? We have 4 children that live in the home, and one step-daughter who lives with her mother.
StartingAgain Posted June 19, 2004 Posted June 19, 2004 A legal separation is a binding agrement wherein you and your husband agree to the terms and conditions of living apart. It will identify who is responsible for the payment of marital obligations, access to income and assets, spousal support paymetns, child support, etc. They aren't required, but often necessary if a couple can't behave civilly. Want some useful advice? Go for marital therapy. It's a hell of a lot cheaper than separation and divorce, both financially and emotionally. The two of you have been together for 16 years and have four children. Don't you think there is enough investment there to try to save the marriage. You state you've been fighing off and on for the last year. Is this really grounds for ending the marriage? You and your H are going through one of the rough tiems in you marriage. To have trouble at this time is NORMAL. Nearly all couples experience this. If the two of you learn to resolve your differences in a positive way instead of fighting, you'll get past this and be happy again. Research has proven this. But anymore, when things get rough, we tend to forget the "for better or worse" part of our vow and just chuck it all. We think we'll find something better down the rowd. But usually we don't and we have to experience a lot of pain to learn this important lession.
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