# Separation Questions

**URL:** <https://forum.rosen.com/t/separation-questions/15686>\
**Category:** Divorce and Separation Answers\
**Created:** [May 19, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/separation-questions/15686 "2014-05-19T20:09:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![iwantedit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@iwantedit](https://forum.rosen.com/u/iwantedit)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/separation-questions/15686/1 "2014-05-19T20:09:17Z")

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My husband of 20 years and I are separated. He started dating a woman roughly 2 weeks after he moved out… They are in an intimate relationship… while I could care less what he does anymore, a friend going through the same situation tells me that in NC this is still considered adultery because we are still legally married.

Any guidance would be helpful as I need any edge I can get - a simple divorce has turned ugly as he is being VERY greedy.

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Kathleen\_Putiri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@Kathleen\_Putiri](https://forum.rosen.com/u/Kathleen_Putiri)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/separation-questions/15686/2 "2014-05-27T14:42:29Z")

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It is a crime to have sex with a person that is married to someone else. It does not impact [alimony](http://www.rosen.com/alimony-nav/) in the same way as having an affair prior to the separation does.