New Jersey Divorce and Family Lawyer Blog
On occasion someone will ask me about the possibility of a way to end a marital relationship short of a divorce. for instance ,is there a way to legally or formally separate? In New Jersey, married couples do separate, but there is not a law providing for a formal, legal separation per se. New Jersey, however, does have a provision for a “limited divorce”, which is called a “divorce from bed and board”, which is the State ‘s closest version of legal separation, as opposed to an “absolute divorce”, which permanently ends the marriage, and is what most of us think of when we hear the term “divorce”. Continue reading ›