The bottom line is, you want a legal separation agreement that will protect you during a separation in case your spouse fails to live up to his/her obligations as outlined in the agreement. You want an agreement that will hold up in court should you have to go to court to have it enforced.
tribÂ·une 1. n. 1. An officer of ancient Rome elected by the plebeians to protect their rights from arbitrary acts of the patrician magistrates.
A tribune was someone in the government of ancient Rome who looked out for ordinary people, in other words, an elected representative. There are many types of tribunes, but the earliest dates from ancient Rome. In Rome, a tribune was an elected representative of the common people.