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Timeline. Several timing issues come into play in a divorce. Residency: To file for divorce, you or your spouse must have been a resident of Vermont for six months. One of you must have lived continuously in Vermont for at least a year before the final divorce hearing can be held.

The final stipulation shows your mutual agreement to divorce, and your agreement on all financial and property issues. That includes the division of your property, allocation of your debts, and whether either of you will pay the other any ongoing spousal support. Both of you must sign the stipulation.

On the other hand, a legal separation can have some disadvantages. For instance, although you may want to date others, you will not be able to marry another person until your prior marriage is legally dissolved. The lack of finality that comes with a divorce could impact your future relationships with others.

You can't get a final divorce order until you have lived ?separate and apart? for six months. ?Living separate and apart? means that both of you can tell a judge that you haven't been living as a married couple. Sometimes you've been living under the same roof - and that's fine.

Separation can allow you to tackle various aspects of the divorce process, such as establishing a child custody arrangement and dividing marital property, more calmly. Without court fees and timelines hovering over their heads, spouses may find navigating these legal disputes significantly easier during separation.

(15 V.S.A. § 560.) One crucial distinction between separation and divorce is that for legally separated couples?because you're still married?there's always a chance that the court will consider any earnings, acquired property, or debt to be marital property.