Can you be separated but living together?

It is not necessary to live in two separate properties to be separated. It is possible to be separated while still living together under the same roof, as long as you live in separate households.

To maintain separate households, you must sleep in separate bedrooms, cook, and eat your meals separately, live independent lives, and have separate financial arrangements.

It is recommended to record the actual terms of the separation in a Separation Agreement as evidence of the separation.