Separation

Yes, you can draft your own separation agreement. It will be binding if both parties sign and notarize the document. However, I do recommend that you have a lawyer review the document before you present it to your husband.

Good luck,

Shonnese D. Stanback
Attorney
The Rosen Law Firm
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Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
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I have not yet separated, but I plan to by the 13th of this month. I have a place rented. My husband and I have been married 14 years and I plan to give him the land and mobile home. I have typed my own separation papers and plan to leave them at the home when I leave. Is it legal for me to do my own separation papers? I used my papers from my first marriage.