Legal Question in Family Law in New Jersey

Re: 12 years separated after 15 years married

You say that you are separated after 15 years of marriage.

If you were married, and the other person is not dead, and no divorce has been granted, then you are married to that person.

You really need to sit down with an attorney and get some guidance. The decisions you make now will have a profound, serious and long lasting effect upon you and your children.

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Re: 12 years separated after 15 years married

Being separated for eighteen months or more is a ground for divorce, a divorce requires a court proceeding. You are still married. If he dies without a will you are one of his statutory heirs.

Gary Moore