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If you are separated from your married spouse, you are still married and will continue to be married to that person until you get divorced. If you start a new romantic relationship while separated from your married spouse, your new partner can become your ''unmarried'' spouse if:

#*you live with the new person in a "marriage-like relationship" for at least two years; , or, #*you live with the new person for less than two years but have a child with the person.

This carries some important consequences. If you find that you're married but in a new relationship that qualifies as a spousal relationship:

#*you may have an obligation to pay child support for your new partner's children as a stepparent;,#*you will have an obligation to support any children you and your new partner have together;,#*you may have an obligation to pay spousal support to your new partner, should you separate; , and,#*you will have to share family property and family debt with your new partner, should you separate.

These obligations are, of course, in addition to whatever obligations you have to your married spouse and any children from your marriage.

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