Urgent help please?

My wife who is pushing for divorce wants a legal seperation.
Is this a reasonable option?
What happens to the equity in our/my house?
Will I be letting myself in for trouble if I leave the the family home for a long period?

If she claims unreasonable behaviour will I be forced to leave the house?

What if I decide I don't want to leave the house and rather she left, is this a possibility?

Any guidance at all would be helpful.

You should take legal advice but I think a legal separation if drawn up with solicitors and fully agreed is usually made into a Consent Order on divorce. I was advised, though, that it would be better to go straight to divorce on grounds of unreasonable behaviour and not bother to have this halfway step. If your wife wants a divorce then there doesn't seem any point in a legal separation first.

If you leave the house and find somewhere else to live this will lower your chances of getting it long-term. If she divorces you on grounds of unreasonable behaviour you will not be forced to leave the house just because of that.

I can't remember whether you have children. If you do, their needs (particularly their need for a stable home with their usual main carer) will have to come first in any settlement.

Sadie

Oh dear!

Can I just add this to what sadie said. Watch out for non mol and ocupancy orders. The latter could be used to get you out of the FMH and the former if she thinks you are being agressive. Thing is keep calm stay put and be reasonable. You *should* be fine. F