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Renting: Your rights to your home during divorce or dissolution

If you rent your home with your husband, wife or civil partner, you will have to work out whether one of you will carry on living in the property or if you can end the tenancy. Find out what your options are if you split up.

Renting: Your rights to your home during divorce or dissolution


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  • Property calculator

    Use this tool to do help you calculate your financial situation with respect to your family home and any other properties you and you ex-partner own. Your entitlements and outcome may vary depending on who's name the property is in and whether you can prove you contributed to paying for it and it's upkeep.

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  • Agreement Builder - Family home

    The process of answering the questions in each agreement builder should help you consider what outcomes are best for your children and both of you. They can form a useful starting point when discussing your situation with your ex-partner or a legal representative such as a solicitor.

    agreement builder

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