Do we have to be living apart to get divorced or can we still be living in the same house?
If you are getting divorced on the basis of adultery or unreasonable behaviour, you can be living together in the same house. However, if you continue living together for more than six months after finding out about the (most recent) incidence of adultery or unreasonable behaviour, you are unlikely to be able to use it as the basis for a divorce.If you are getting divorced on the basis of desertion, clearly one spouse must have left the home.
If you are getting divorced on the basis of separation, you must have been living separately. It is possible to do this while remaining in the same house, as long as you do not continue to live as a couple: for example, you should be sleeping separately and each doing your own household chores. In practice, though, one spouse usually moves out when a couple separate.
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