[happypotato21]

Hey all, just wanted to ask anybody with experience on this.. I have a lady friend who is looking to end her marriage stuff..

So basically got married late 2011, got hdb under sale of balance flat mid 2012.

Currently, theres no separation agreement or anything, but they basically are like housemates, and they don't sleep with each other.

So the question is, how should they go about ending it? I know they cannot sell before mid 2017 due to the 5 years minimum occupation period for hdb, but then I read that if you divorce, you have 1 year to sell the flat? So they can technically divorce in late 2016? And I would assume that's final judgement, so they could technically commence paperwork earlier?

Currently there's no separation or anything, so is it a better idea to just go for divorce under unreasonable behaviour or something? How do they actually define that? What if the lady friend of mine has a bf outside of marriage? And the guy the same? Will claiming adultery affect any kind of settlement?

Or is separation for 3 years a necessity?
The reason for not separating is that they both need a place to stay, and they don't want to move back to their parents.