Divorce means legal termination of marriage. Situations may arise when you will not want to continue with your marriage and want to put an end to it. But you cannot simply walk out from a relationship, when you desire. You have to go through a legal process.
Living separately for long time also does not end a marriage. There is no time limit to apply for divorce. No matter how long you are living separately, one or both of you can submit divorce application. It is not necessary that both husband and wife have to apply for divorce. If one of them feels to walk out from the relationship they can apply for divorce.
Whether both of you or one of you accept for divorce, the whole process is very complicated. There are many matters that are required to be settled at the time of divorce. You have to settle matters of properties, children, assets, financial issues and many other things related to your marriage. Once the divorce has been granted and all the matters are finalised, it is not possible to make any changes. In case of major change in circumstances the court may consider issues related to divorce. So, it is better to take care of these issues from beginning, so that you do not have to repent in future.
It is best to contact divorce lawyers. Experienced lawyer will find out what are your legal rights. They can help you to reach an agreement with your spouse about the matters related to divorce so that you do not have to move to court with that.
If such settlement is not possible, your lawyer will represent the case in front of judge in best possible way. A lawyer can help you to get through the court procedure smoothly.