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some states require you to be separated for a period of time before you can file for divorce, and some dont require any certain length of time, but REGARDLESS you have to go through divorce proceedings to be divorced. Get a lawyer!

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No amount of separation will result in a divorce. You must obtain a divorce in court in order to legally end a marriage. See the chart at the link for waiting periods for filing divorce actions in the various states.

http://www.divorcesource.com/ds/divorceprocess/separation-or-waiting-periods-for-no-fault-divorce-621.shtml


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The couple must have lived separate and apart for at least 1 year prior to the divorce being granted.

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Iowa has no waiting period.

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