Marriage can end by limited divorce or marriage suspension {separation, legal}| {legal separation} {judicial separation}, in which husband must still provide for wife, but otherwise both are legally separate by agreement. Both spouses can agree to live apart {voluntary separation}, with support for wife and children and child custody. If either person fails to perform separation-agreement terms, it is like contract breach.
legal separation {a mensa et thoro}.
7-Legal Affairs-Marriage-Divorce
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