# Separation

**URL:** <https://forum.rosen.com/t/separation/8803>\
**Category:** Divorce and Separation Answers\
**Created:** [September 14, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/separation/8803 "2009-09-14T12:54:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![bmclean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@bmclean](https://forum.rosen.com/u/bmclean)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/separation/8803/1 "2009-09-14T12:54:16Z")

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**Author:** ![Golfball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ee7513/32.png) [@Golfball](https://forum.rosen.com/u/Golfball)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/separation/8803/2 "2009-09-14T14:06:33Z")

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If your STBX is successful in pressing a claim for alimony and/or PSS, an award of attorney’s fees is permissible (but not guaranteed) for getting the award of alimony/PSS. From what I’ve been told, attorney’s fees are not awarded in ED, or for issues with children.

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**Author:** ![Erin\_Clarey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de0a6/32.png) [@Erin\_Clarey](https://forum.rosen.com/u/Erin_Clarey)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/separation/8803/3 "2009-09-14T16:46:28Z")

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Attorney’s fees may be awarded, in the judge’s discretion, to a dependant spouse who in acting in good faith in seeking post-separation support, alimony, child custody and child support, if he/she cannot sustain themselves through the pendency of the action.