Given the protracted and severe downturn of the economy, specifically the depression of real estate prices combined with a credit squeeze, more and more families are finding it difficult to nearly impossible to create two residencies. In the divorce context, this means more and more courts are being asked to accept versions of a marital separation with varying degrees of actual, physical "separation." This type of separation is generally called "separate but under the same roof." In Virginia, a divorce may be granted to either party if and when they have lived separate and apart without any cohabitation...
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