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==Sex and new relationships after separation==
A lot of readers people have questions about the consequences of sex after separation. The discussion that follows is about sex with spouses, sex with people other than spouses, new relationships, and how a married spouse person can be find themself in a an unmarried spousal relationship with someone else while still being married.
===Sex with spouses===
There are, generally speaking, no legal consequences to having sex with your spouse after you've separated. While it might cause some emotional difficulties — — such as prolonging the amount of time it takes to recover from a relationship that's broken down — — there is 's nothing legally wrong with having sex with your spouse. Most people would say that there's nothing morally wrong with it either.
Having sex with your spouse after separation will not have an impact on how the care of the children is managed, the amount of child support to be that is paid, whether spousal support should be paid, or how your property and debt should be divided. The court does not look into this sort of conduct in determining these issues.
However, two things that married spouses probably need to think about are these:
===Sex with other people===
Just like having sex with your spouse after you've separated, there's nothing wrong with having sex with someone ''else '' after you've separated. (In fact, that may be a much better idea than having sex with your ex.) Separation is partly defined as leaving a spouse with the intention of ending the relationship. Once you've separated, the court will consider the romantic, marriage-like aspect of the relationship to have concluded, and your obligation to remain monogamous faithful along with it. Married spouses wonaren't be divorced until they get a court order, of course, but , after separation , the marital aspects of their relationships, and the attendant expectations of monogamy, will be considered to be at an end.
Having sex with someone else will not have an impact on how the care of the children should be managed, the amount of child support to be that is paid, whether spousal support should be paid, or how the family your property and debt should be divided. The court does not consider this sort of conduct in determining these issues.
====Is it adultery?====
Adultery is a problem only an issue for married spouses. Technically speaking, it is in fact adultery to have sex with anyone other than your spouse for so long as you are married. You will , even if you're separated, and you'll remain married until you have obtained an order for your divorce.
====Can it be a ground of divorce?====