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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Trial" is like a "break" in relationships. V trying to soften the language for something that is truly a separation. Euphemism cause more harm than good. [/quote]

This.  These things are just intended to soften the blow and are IMO cop-outs which cause more damage by keeping the dumpee's hopes for reconciliation alive.  While I'm sure some tiny percentage of "trial separations" end in reconciliation, honestly, the second your spouse tells you (or you tell your spouse) you want anything other than moving forward with your marriage, your marriage - your original marriage - is dead and over.  You might, as people do after affairs, decide to build a new marriage with that same person, renegotiating the terms/dynamic of the relationship, but it will be a new and different marriage.

There is zero legal meaning to "trial separation" in Virginia or Maryland, and the "separation agreement" is really just the common name/euphemism for Property Settlement Agreement, and has nothing to do with some kind of legal rules about how you will behave during your separation - it is all about how you are going to divide up joint assets and liabilities when you are no longer a single legal entity (married).

Both Virginia and Maryland have Property Settlement Agreements (aka "Separation Agreements"), and yes, if you have any joint assets or liabilities, you would be a fool to leave the house (ie, separate) before you have such an agreement worked out.  This is why they are colloquially known as "separation agreements".

The amount of just insanely grossly misinformed information on this site is disturbing...I'm not sure why I come for the parenting suggestions if this kind of cluelessness is indicative of the quality of information.

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