Unreasonable Behaviour

Hi

I am about to put in my Petition for divorce and am concerned about what constitutes 'Unreasonable Behaviour'? I want to be successful in my petition as I am keen to move on. There is no real love between my ex and me although everything is amicable.

I've been married for 9 years but have lived apart from my wife since Feb of this year. We have had no sexual intimacy since November (possibly before) of last year and have lead different social lifes since I started a new job back in April 2008. The nature of my new job means I work very unsociable hours, often early morning and late evenings, and I have to spend the majority of my spare time at my place of work chasing leads and clients. This has affected my ability to help in household activities such as walking the dogs etc. This has also lead to no real common interests between my wife and I, as I have been devoting all my spare time to my career. My wife has also spent much of the past two years commuting a huge distance to and from her place of work which has aggravated the situation and lead to an even more serperate social life.

How does all this sound? Should I/do I need to elaborate on anything? I am very keen to get through this so we can both move on. I'm not asking for any financial support and have left the house with the wife.

Any help/comments would be gratefully appreciated.

Kind regards

B

Hi

You need to make bullet points of your reasons and try to keep the items as chronological as possible. Give an explanation as to how each point makes you feel, for example:

The Petitioner and the Respondent have lived apart since February 2009, making the Petitioner feel abandoned and that the marriage is already over.

You need to show the judge why you could no longer be reasonably expected to remain married. Un reasonable behaviour is very personal - it's why YOU can no longer stay married to your wife.

Good luck