Dear Mary Watkins:
Greetings. My opinion is that you did not reconcile. Reconciliation is deemed as the total resumption of the marriage. If he does not dispute the date of separation, I would not worry about it. Best of luck!
Janet L. Fritts
Attorney at Law
4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 500
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
NCDivorce.com
919-787-6668
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I have been separated since August 2001 from my husband–living separately. In June and part of July 2003 (approx. 6 weeks) I let him stay at my house while he bought a house during the transistion of moving from one residence to another. He slept on the couch and there was no reconcilation at all. He moved into his house in mid-July and we have remained separated. We have a separation agreement filed with the court system. In October I made the mistake of having sex with him. He did not spend the night and there was no reconciliation nor will there ever be. I am filing for divorce myself without an attorney. I purchased a divorce kit from the Wake County Courthouse and prepared all the paperwork. This will be an uncontested divorce and my husband and I are in agreement with the divorce and all items agreed upon in the separation agreement. My main question is that I know you have to be separated without reconcilation for 12 months. By what happened in October do I have to wait until then to file for divorce or can I proceed as planned. What questions will the judge ask me pertaining to this type of action? Thanks Mary