Ending an Adult Interdependent Relationship

Because partners in adult interdependent relationships have never been legally married, they can end their relationship more easily than a married couple can. However, it is not as basic as simply walking out the door as it once was in the case of common-law unions.

If a couple in an interdependent relationship agrees to split up, probably the most clear cut way of ending the relationship is to sign a written agreement together to the effect that the relationship is over. This is especially useful when the relationship was created by way of an adult interdependent partner agreement.

Of course, another way for a couple to end their adult interdependent relationship is to marry each other or for one of the partners to marry someone else.

But what if only one partner wants to end the relationship? In this case, the other partner can simply move out, and the two can live separate and apart for a year. At the end of that time, the relationship will no longer exist.