Is a dispensation required for marital separation?

[cargopilot]

I asked the following question it the Family Life forum, and a poster suggested it should be asked here.

A family member has decided to separate from their spouse. Thinking it was required to ask a Priest for a dispensation to separate from your spouse, I asked if this permission has been asked and granted.

The reply was “No, I didn’t ask a Priest and I never heard of such a requirement.”

Is this true? Is one required to ask Father for permission to seperate from your spouse?

 

[Fr.Vincent_Serpa]

Dear pilot,

While it might be wise to talk to a priest about one’s desire to separate in order to get some objective in-put, it is not necessary to get permission.

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.