Time limit for unreasonable behaviour

[Hattie78]

Hi
I want to file for divorce but it's taken me until now to get my head round it (we separated early November) and realise I'm strong enough to make the leap.
Have I left it too late to divorce on the grounds of unreasonable behaviour? Do you have to file within 6 months of separation? I know there is a 6 month rule for adultery but wasn't sure if it was the same for UB.
Thanks in advance.

No time limit, unlike with adultery.
But good advice here:
smab.co.uk/divorce-unreasonable-behaviour-can-stay-a-private-matter/

Deciding to live apart is fairly unreasonable you could say! You can try to reduce tension by going for kinds of mutual things we never say we love each other, don't spend time together, different interests etc. Assuming that your ex will want to divorce that is OK have to be more serious and make it more like blae, if a challenge is more likely

blame, not blae

I should have emphasised that the advice is "This must be done within six months from the last incident of unreasonable behaviour, providing the parties continue to live together. If one party moves out of the martial home they can still issue a petition on the grounds of unreasonable behaviour after six months have passed, although it is advisable not to wait too long as you may then have to issue a petition based on separation instead, which can take between two and five years (dependent on whether both parties agree or not)."

Thank you. It was the 6 month bit I read elsewhere and wasn't sure what it meant.
Thanks for replying.

The 6 month rule only applies to the court's method of linking either:

1. The act of adultery (or, rather, the finding out that adultery had taken place) or;

1. The act of unreasonable behaviour

with the understanding that either the petitioner cannot reasonably be expected to live with the respondent.

The assumption is that if the petitioner still lives with the respondent after 6 months then it is reasonable for them to still live with the respondent. So you have 6 months to decide if you want to reconcile.

@Collaborate
So we can have been separated longer than 6 months and it can still be grounds because we haven't been living together since we separated?

Yes

@Collaborate thank you.