when does a marriage end ?

Hello,we've been married for 20 years have 2 lovely children 17 and 20.But not sharing a bedroom,joint bank account,social life for the past 10 years,while still living under the same roof.
Could it be argued that this marriage ended 10 years ago?
regards
james

Legally?
A marriage ends when a Decree Absolute is granted.

Practically?
A marriage ends when one party decides that it does (it rarely being a joint decision).

Your Q... do you mean legally? If so, no. The marriage continued, therefore in legal terms, that was your marriage.

Hi James,
Yes it cearly did end all those years go.
But for divorce purposes has you wife cooked or done laundry for you etc ?
If she has you have been Married ,if not you are seperated.

Gj

I suppose only you will know the answer to that James, my marriage had not been good for years also but it was an awful shock when my husband left three months ago for another woman. I too had been married 21 years with two lovely kids, never thought we would end up in the position we are today. Sorry I can't give you an answer to your question but there are some very wise people on wiki with great advise who will be along shortly

I had 18 good years of marriage (19 yrs together). As already said he decided it was over b4 I ever knew there was anything wrong! I knew something was very wrong but he didn't have the guts to be honest so we dragged along for 8 weeks until I found out about the affair. I count myself fortunate that I only had 8 bad weeks in 19 years!

Hi James. That depends if you think you can rescue it. Its only as dead as either of you want it to be. For me my marriage ended when my ex got caught. But the ending for all marriages. C.