Can you be considered to be separated if you still both reside in the same hosue but in separate bedrooms?
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Can you be considered to be separated if you still both reside in the same hosue but in separate bedrooms?
We no longer engage in sexual relations.
Asked on December 16, 2018 under Family Law, Arkansas
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
In NC, a couple becomes legally separated on the date that each spouse moves into a separate residence and with the intent to continue to live permanently apart. Accordingly, living in the same home even if in different bedrooms is not being physically separated under the law. Physical separation means that each spouse must live in separate homes.
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