Where a husband or wife remain married but live apart as a result of a court order, typically for a period prior to a divorce.
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- COHABITATION Living together; living together as husband and wife. Cohabitation means having the same habitation, not…
- EX WIFE The wife is the female partner in a marriage, which is between a husband (male)…
- DIVORCE The dissolution or legal termination of a marriage. All states require the divorcing spouse to…
- ELOPEMENT This term is used to denote the departure of a married woman from her husband,…
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- CONDONATION (A) Most frequently this is used in a fault divorce as a defense. If one…
- NO FAULT DIVORCE See no fault. All states now have no-fault divorce statutes so that the parties can…