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| link = [http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/legal_issues/divorceBasics.php Divorce and Separation basics] | | link = [http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/legal_issues/divorceBasics.php Divorce and Separation basics] | ||
}} | }}A couple ''separates'' when one or both spouses decide that their relationship is over and then take steps to <span class="noglossary">act</span> on that <span class="noglossary">decision</span>. When an unmarried couple separates, their relationship is over. The relationship of married spouses, on the other hand, isn't legally over until they are divorced or their marriage is annulled. | ||
A couple ''separates'' when one or both spouses decide that their relationship is over and then take steps to <span class="noglossary">act</span> on that <span class="noglossary">decision</span>. When an unmarried couple separates, their relationship is over. The relationship of married spouses, on the other hand, isn't legally over until they are divorced or their marriage is annulled. | |||
This chapter begins by taking a quick look at separation and divorce, | This chapter begins by taking a quick look at separation and divorce, and talks about a few urban myths about separation and divorce. The following sections look in more detail at the [[Separation|legal and practical aspects of separation]] and the [[Separating Emotionally|emotional dimensions of separation]]. The do-it-yourself divorce process is reviewed in a fair amount of detail in the [[Divorce]] section at the end of this chapter. | ||
Everything in this chapter applies to same-sex couples just as it does to opposite-sex couples. | |||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||