HMA: Chapter 3: Restitution of Conjugal Rights and Judicial Separation

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1. 1.What is the effect on cohabitation after a decree of judicial separation under section 10?

   Cohabitation remains compulsoryIt is no longer obligatory for the petitioner to cohabit with the respondentThe marriage is automatically dissolvedThe parties must remarry
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   Section 10 says that after the decree it is no longer obligatory for the petitioner to cohabit with the respondent; judicial separation is not itself a decree dissolving the marriage.

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2. 2.May a court rescind a judicial-separation decree?

   NoYes, on an application and when it considers rescission just and reasonableOnly after seven yearsOnly the parties themselves may erase it
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   Section 10(2) gives the court power, on application and satisfaction as to the statements made, to rescind the decree when it considers that just and reasonable.

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