Do you live in a community property divorce state?
I do actually. It can cause some different reasons for people to be married or divorced
How so?
Infidelity
Infidelity (synonyms include: cheating, straying, adultery (when married), being unfaithful, or having an affair) is a violation of a couple's assumed or stated contract regarding emotional and/or sexual exclusivity. Other scholars define infidelity as a violation according to the subjective feeling that one's partner has violated a set of rules or relationship norms; this violation results in feelings of jealousy, sexual jealousy, and rivalry.
What constitutes an act of infidelity depends upon the exclusivity expectations within the relationship. In marital
around to getting a divorce for many, many years. That's fine. The only thing a separated married person can't do that an unmarried person can do is marry again. Separated married people can date someone else, live with someone else, be in an unmarried relationship with someone else, have property in their own name, have bank accounts and credit cards in their own name, and so on.
There are three reasons why a court will make a divorce order:
1. the couple have separated