Comments on: Filing for Divorce While Living Together

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Personal Injury Lawyer Tacoma — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:48:50 +0000

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By: RT

RT — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:48:39 +0000

I cannot afford to leave the house I share with my husband, and there’s no way that he will leave as he intends to fight for as much of the property value as possible.

Our home has a COMPLETELY separate apartment in the basement. It has a kitchen, bathroom, living room, and two bedrooms. It has its own SEPARATE electric service. For the last three years, he has lived upstairs and I have lived downstairs. There has not been any sex in our relationship in over five years (out of a six year marriage).

Can this be counted as living in separate homes? I think that it does. He thinks that it does not and wants me to move out. He only wants this so that he can claim that I left him and thus he deserves the lion’s share of the assets.

I don’t see why I should have to move out and live in a very cheap apartment just to satisfy this requirement. We have been as good as separated for years.

Our mail address is the same, but the electric bill does come addressed to “Unit B”.

Any opinions on this? I just want to unload our property, split the profits 50/50 and get on with my life!!

By: James J. Gross

James J. Gross — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:49:31 +0000

Maryland requires one year mutual and voluntary separation or two years of involuntary separation. But no separation is required in the event of adultery.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:10:11 +0000

is it possible to go through the 3mos required separation waiting period by MD law, filing under grounds of adultery and have my husband living in the home due to lack of finances to afford his own place since he is the breadwinner and pays the bills in this home where i/we live with our daughter? especially as we are not intimate and he contracted an std last yr when we were separated.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:26:04 +0000

#6. anonymous: MD Rule 1-341 provides that a court may award attorneys fees for defending a claim brought in bad faith or without substantial justification.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:35:10 +0000

my spouse filed for a limited divorce while we were living together. I did not desert him, deny him sex, and we never slept in different bedrooms. He was the one who actually was obsolete from the home due to his alleged work schedule. There was no adultury on my part or cruelty. Is it against the law to falsely file for this type of divorce?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:59:00 +0000

That’s all I needed to hear…thanx for the update.

Question: How long must the withholding of sex go on before one can claim desertion? And, should the cheating spouse leave the house or the person filing?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:18:00 +0000

Why would either have to pay alimony?

If alimony is intended to help the "poorer" of the two maintain a certain standard of living until they are able to provide for themselves there is no need for this help.

The standard of living "should" remain the same because neither has left the home.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:28:00 +0000

I think the ground-breaking part of Ricketts is not the cause but the fact that nobody “has” to leave in order to sue for divorce (limited).
I see no reason why you couldn’t just sue for divorce based on adultery without having to leave in light of Ricketts.
We don’t yet know how Ricketts played out and no one has yet filed a similar suit.