Dear just robin:
Greetings. Let’s be honest here…your spouse is having a tough road with his health, and it sounds like that has reduced you to nurse maid over the last three years. Things happen…and we often find ourselves in a role we never envisioned and cannot imagine going forward in for the rest of our lives. Does that sound right?
So, my suggestion is that you don’t ask him to leave, but that you instead hire an attorney and help them to negotiate with your spouse a resolution so that you can leave with a clear conscience and a Non Abandonment Agreement.
If I have not answered your question, please let me know. The bottom line is that if you want a separation, one of you has to leave. I would not leave until you have tried, with an attorney, to work out a separation agreement. Best of luck.
Janet L. Fritts
Attorney with Rosen Divorce
4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 500
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
RosenDivorce.com
919-787-6668
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