I am a little bit older than you and so is my wife. If you really are trying to save your marriage then the thing is you need to stretch this out as much as possible.. The object is to outlast the MLC. Now I am not trying to say that you should have expectations. Eric and everyone else has given you excellent advice. You don't want to get into a legal battle, you want everything to go as smooth as possible but also as slowly as possible. You are a physician, I believe. So you might know something about hormones and what happens to them at midlife. If not then I suggest you drag out some books on the subject and study up on it.