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Separation isn't rocket science, whether you're married or not. You don't need any court papers or a written agreement to end the relationship, you don't need to see a lawyer or a judge, and there's no such thing as a "legal separation" in British Columbia.
Separation isn't rocket science, whether you're married or not. You don't need any court papers or a written agreement to end the relationship, you don't need to see a lawyer or a judge, and there's no such thing as a "legal separation" in British Columbia.


A couple are separated once one or both spouses decides that the relationship is over, announces that <span class="noglossary">decision</span> to the other spouse, and ends the marriage-like aspects of their relationship, such as sleeping together, eating together, doing household chores for each other and so forth.
A couple are separated once one or both spouses decides that the relationship is over, announces that <span class="noglossary">decision</span> to the other spouse, and ends the marriage-like aspects of their relationship, such as sleeping together, eating together, doing household chores for each other, and so forth.


You and your spouse do not have to both agree that the relationship is over to separate. That's a <span class="noglossary">decision</span> that only one of you needs to make to end the relationship.
You and your spouse do not have to both agree that the relationship is over to separate. That's a <span class="noglossary">decision</span> that only one of you needs to make to end the relationship.
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[[Category:Marriage, Separation & Divorce]]
[[Category:Marriage, Separation & Divorce]]


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