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#one of the spouses has treated the other with such mental or physical cruelty that the spouses can't continue to live together.
Almost all claims for divorce in Canada are based on separation. It doesn't imply that anyone one spouse did anything bad or was more responsible for the end of the relationship than the otherspouse. In factClaims for divorce based on adultery or cruelty, on the other hand, do exactly that. As a result, if it winds up taking a year or more from the date of separation for the court to hear and decide a claim for divorce based on adultery or cruelty, the court will often grant the divorce on the basis of separation instead.
===Separation and children===