[tzirazamar]

Location is Virginia.

Situation is, I've been separated from my husband for three months now, but because we have children, we are required to wait a full year before we can file divorce. The reason I left was because he was abusive, I had him arrested, and he is actually on a 2 year probation. We were married for 7 years and it took me that long to finally leave, but our marriage has been over for a long time, and I'm ready to move on with my life.

Now, I have recently met up with my first love, and he and I have really hit it off again, all our old feelings have come back to surface and we really want to start dating, however, I would feel bad about dating someone while still married, even though I have been separated.

My question is, would it make sense to file a divorce from bed and board so I can start dating again, and then after that what would be the process to make it an actually legal divorce from the bond of matrimony so I could eventually remarry? How long would I have to wait until I could be officially divorced from the bond of matrimony if I got divorced from bed and board first? Would I have to wait a year from the date of divorce from bed and board, or would it still count from the date of separation?

[Alty]

Here is a link that should help:

http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&...74649129,d.cGE