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What is Considered Desertion and How Does it Affect My Divorce?

June 3, 2020February 8, 2018 by The Betz Law Firm
Family Law Attorney St Louis

If your spouse has walked out the door leaving you and your children behind, that is considered desertion. There are times when couples go into a marriage thinking “till death do us part,” but once life and stress enter into the picture, they find out that they simply aren’t meant to be together. For most … Read more

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