Many couples prefer to separate but avoid making their split final with a divorce, or at least not right away. But maintaining separated status for a prolonged period, sometimes for years after ...

Tim (not his real name) and his live-in girlfriend come to meet me. Jamie wants to get married, “We’ve been living together for five years and it’s time!” she says. “I have been more than patient, but ...

RICHMOND, VA — A trial court granted a husband’s demurrer where his wife’s complaint for divorce did not expressly plead her intention to permanently separate on the date of their physical separation ...

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