How Does a Trial Separation Work?
You just got in a huge fight with your spouse and you feel you’ve had it with him. You want out of the relationship and are considering divorce. But there is another option. Instead of immediately jumping into the murky waters of divorce, you and your spouse might consider a trial separation. A trial separation is a set amount of time where you and your spouse will spend time away from each other, stepping back to analyze your current marriage. If there are children, the mother and children usually remain at home and the father will move out on his own, most often into his own apartment. The purpose for a trial separation is to help you and your spouse, as individuals in the relationship, step back from the relationship and analyze what you or your spouse could be doing differently to help improve the marriage. Often both the husband and wife will see individual therapists who will give guidance and help each of the individuals to see how he or she can help the marriage to succeed. Tri
