Article: Before you can divorce in Virginia, at least one of the parties has to have lived in the state for at least six full months before filing. In the complaint, you will be swearing, under penalty of perjury that you meet this requirement and may be required to prove it in court.  The easiest way to prove your residency in a state is to use your driver's license or state-issued identification card and voter registration.   Utility bills or rental receipts showing your address in Virginia can also be used as proof of residency. If you are member of the armed forces and have been stationed outside of Virginia, but resided in Virginia for at least six months before deployment, you can used your prior residency to qualify to divorce in Virginia. The same documents that can be used to establish residency in the state can also be used to establish separation. Both spouses need a separate address and be prepared to prove it to the court. Living in different sections of the marital residence will not count toward your separation waiting period.  The most common grounds for divorce in Virginia is separation, often called a no-fault divorce. The sooner you are no longer living together, the sooner the court can finalize your divorce. If you do not have children under the age of 18, you must be living "separate and apart" for a minimum of six calendar months. If you have minor children, you must be living "separate and apart" for a minimum of one calendar year. This document can be as simple or complicated as it needs to be depending on the property owned by the couple. If there are no children, the agreement needs to divide the marital property and deal with the marital debt. The legal standard is equitable distribution. This doesn't mean 50/50, it means fair to both parties.   Even though you can't formally transfer ownership of property until the divorce is complete, each party should assume responsibility for their own credit cards, vehicles, rent, and mortgages. If one party is going to contribute financially to the other, it should be spelled out in writing. This agreement can be changed in the final divorce. Right now, the agreement is to get you through the separation period. Virginia allows for unbundled legal services, meaning you can hire an attorney to take your notes and draft a separation agreement for both parties to sign. The attorney can only give general legal advice on form and content. He does not represent either party. If you have young children, you need to draft an agreement, with the help of an attorney if necessary, saying where your children will live, a schedule for visits and holidays, and payment of temporary support. The state provides an online calculator to estimate child support during the separation period.  In the final divorce decree, the legal standard is the best interests of the child. The court expects both parents to contribute to the financial, physical, and emotional support of their children. Establishing a pattern of communication and cooperation during the separation period is likely going to mean less judicial scrutiny and interference in your proposed custody and visitation agreements.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Meet the residency requirements. Establish separate addresses. Create a separation agreement. Create a temporary child custody agreement.

Before you can forgive yourself completely, you first need to acknowledge your actions. It may help to write down your actions that you have strong feelings about. This will help pinpoint concrete examples of why you have negative feelings about yourself. One way to be honest to yourself is to accept the consequences of your actions. If you have done or said something wrong, you need to own the action before forgiving yourself for it.  One way to achieve this is by letting go of stress. The more stress you hold inside of you, the more damage you do to yourself. Stress can sometimes lead you to releasing your anger out and harm yourself and others around you, but if you forgive yourself the anger will be gone and the bad stuff will be gone. The result is that you are more concentrated and better about the positive instead of the negative. Accepting responsibility is one thing, but understanding the emotions behind is another thing. Feeling strong emotions like guilt is not only common, but also good. Feeling guilt will encourage you to take action for yourself and others. .  You may be feeling guilty over your own thoughts. You may have thoughts of wishing pain or misfortune on others. You may feel things like lust or greed. If you are overwhelmed by these guilty feelings, know that they are common. Your guilt may stem from these strong emotions; it is best to confront them and acknowledge why you are feeling this way. Only by doing this may you move on to forgiving yourself. You may be judging yourself (or others) too harshly out of guilt. You may be taking out your feelings on yourself and others, making you feel guilty for your actions. You may blame others out of insecurities and increase the feeling of guilt. If you find yourself blaming others, take a step back and acknowledge why you say these things. It may help you on the path to self-forgiveness. You may be taking on guilt because of another’s action. It is not uncommon for a couple to feel guilt over his/her significant other’s actions. You might feel guilty over a spouse’s actions or insecurities. You should identify why you feel this way to realize if you should forgive yourself or another person. Before you can forgive yourself, you must identify what it is you value and what it is you believe.  Take a moment to think about how you might atone for what you feel guilty for. Think about how you might make an actual difference. These actions may be based on a spiritual belief system, or based on societal demands. One way to forgive yourself for feelings of inadequacies to is to identify what you need in your life versus what you want. Identify both concrete needs - such as shelter, food, and social needs - and compare them with concrete wants - nicer car, bigger house, nicer body. Identifying these needs vs. wants may help you realize that perhaps you were too hard on yourself or perhaps things are out of your control.
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Be honest with yourself about your actions. Stop rationalizing, and start taking responsibility for what you say and do. Accept the guilt that you are feeling. Identify self-values and self-beliefs. Analyze your needs versus your wants.