How can we live “separately and separately” to be eligible for a faultless divorce without being convicted of deliberate desertion, which is a ground for divorce based on errors? The Virginia courts distinguish desertion from separation by considering the specific behaviour of the parties. The courts have consistently found that a party withdrawing from the matrimonial chamber or even the marital residence does not only show that a desertion has occurred. Instead, the finding of desertion requires that a party no longer fulfill its marital obligations, which may include, among other things, financial support or a contribution to marital bills or debts and emotional or physical support. If there is an agreement that deals, for example, with other separation-related issues, such as. B as the people responsible for paying the mortgage or health insurance, the court should also see what they call a quid pro quo, which means that it is not a totally one-sided agreement. Although there is no court order to justify the separation of a couple, decrees may be taken for a divorce from the “bed and board”, but only for certain reasons: cruelty, bodily harm, wilful withdrawal or abandonment. After the divorce of the bed and pension, the final divorce can only be granted one year after the date on which the alleged events took place when minor children are involved or six months if no minor children are involved. What is closest to Virginia`s type of separation granted by other states is what is called a “bed-and-board divorce,” which is limited to error-based cases and is very rarely granted in Virginia. Any separation agreement focuses on provisions to resolve the main problems between the parties: property and debt, spos assistance, childcare, visitation and assistance, etc. However, separation agreements generally also have a number of standard provisions that can have very interesting legal consequences. These “boiler plate” rules deal with things like: freedom of interference; Divorce without fail; Legal fees; Enforcement of the law Publication of financial information Reconciliation; Amending the agreement And much more. For more information, please see the provisions of the boiler platform in the Virginia Separation Agreements.