How to Create a Trial Separation That Doesn’t Suck
Karen Covy, Divorce Coach, Recovering Lawyer
Coaching High Net Worth Professionals to Make Tough Personal Decisions with Confidence & to Divorce w/Less Conflict & Unnecessary Expense | Best Friend to Overworked Divorce Attorneys| Legal Futurist & AI Enthusiast
Trial Separation?
"An informal agreement between spouses to live separately from each other for a certain period of time."
Your marriage isn’t going well.
... Okay, so your marriage pretty much sucks.
But the thought of?getting a divorce ties your insides into knots ! You’re not sure you're ready for a divorce.?Maybe that's not even what you want!?
You just want your marriage to change. You want your life to change. Maybe a trial separation will help.
Putting some space between you and your spouse might give you both some room to breathe. It could give you the time to figure things out - WITHOUT doing something rash and irreversible (... like getting a divorce!)
At the same time, everything you’ve heard about trial separations is bad.
People say that a trial separation is just the beginning of the end of your marriage. If you're going to get divorced anyway, doesn't it make more sense to rip off the band-aid right now and just do it?
Before you rush into a trial separation that you may later regret, it helps to understand exactly what a trial separation is and how it works. READ MORE ...
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2 年Thank you for sharing ??
CPA Financial Planner and author of Women, Divorce and Money: Taking Control of your Finances and Your Future
2 年Excellent article for those not ready to make divorce the 1st choice.