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Agreement Builder - Family home

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Agreement Builder - Family home

Set up an account

Setup an account

You can use the tools within Separation Planner without the need for an account, but if you want to save them so you can update or change them in the future setting up an account now is the best thing to do.

If you’ve already setup an account, login before you start using the tool, so any work you do will be saved into your activity dashboard.

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82% of users reported they were satisfied or very satisfied with Separation Planners’ tools

(based on usage up to 9th September 2020)

What do you think of Separation Planner?

We’ve put together a survey that gives you the opportunity to tell us what you think. We will use your information to understand better how our users use the service and to help us improve it for users in the future.

Introduction

Getting started with Agreement Builder

  • When answering the questions that follow, keep in mind the best interests of your children. You might not have fully formed answers to every question at this stage, that’s okay.
  • 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.

The outcomes you can expect with regards to your living arrangements during and after separation or divorce depend on your current relationship status. Check the information in Family home topic to understand your position and rights. Taking this information into account, you will then want to think about what outcomes you’d like to see in the short and long term with respect to you and your families living arrangements.

Communication

Do we need regular meetings to sort out matters to do with the family home?
If you want to, you can explain your reasons for your choice in the follow on question.

The family home

Remembering that if you have dependent children their interests are paramount in the eyes of the law and who they live with will affect how any money is divided.
Do you know about any penalties for paying off your mortgage as part of selling your current property?
Do you know the various outcomes with respect to your current mortgage lender and understand if the outcome you want is possible?
You can calculate this using the Property calculator tool in the family home topic
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Do you have other properties, such as buy-to-let, second or holiday homes?
You can calculate this using the Property calculator tool in the family home topic
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Are you aware you might need to adjust your living standards if you don’t have the means to maintain your previous lifestyle?
Will the parent who the children don’t live with have somewhere that can adequately accommodate the children?
Will one of your receive maintenance from the other, with respect to the children?
If you are in a position to keep the family home, can the other parent afford to rent or buy accommodation?

Find out more

Check your situation with our assessment tools

  • 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.

    property calculator

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