They can’t be divorced until they live separately (in separate addresses) for 1 year and 1 day. Lack of sex doesn’t constitue a non-marital state. As long as they’re in the same residence, they’re NOT separated. There is no such thing as a legal separation in NC.
My understanding is the inheritance is separate property and not divisible by ED. There may be exceptions to that, though.
Separation in North Carolina requires that the parties live separate and apart (different residences) for one year and one day prior to filing for absolute divorce.
Inherited property is separate property, and any passive gains in value are also separate. If however the martial residence is inherited property and the parties have actively increased the value (paying down mortgage principal or renovations) the active increase in value is subject to distribution.
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My friends wife has not had sexual relations with him in years. Can he go back to the last time they lived in a martial state and list that as the date of separated?
She has also told him she would not have sexual relations with him anymore and if he wanted to find someone else he could and she did not care.
She has no plans to move out, she does have a good paying job and could afford a place of her own. She is wanting to get half of his property that he inherited from his father.
Any suggestions on how for him to proceed without losing anything from his father?
Betty Burr