Summary: 

The second step once you've decided to divorce is to decide who stays in the home and who goes and how? Lyn discusses with Laura the options for you and your new living arrangements based on your divorce type. They discuss after separation the legal pros and cons of staying in the home and what has happened to clients in the past and how to try and avoid this happening to you. She also discusses what to do if you don't have enough money for court.

You don't want to miss:

• How to make the physical separation less stressful.
• How to decide who moves out and who stays.
• How to stay safe during this time if you are experiencing domestic violence. 
• What happens to the family home and what the rules are in family law.
• How to focus on the short term to get the basic living arrangements sorted.
• Pros and Cons to staying in the home vs leaving the home
• The legal view on who gets what stuff out of the house.
• What to do if no one agrees to leave.
• What an ouster order is.
• What a sole occupancy order is. 
• What do you do if you don't have enough money for court? 
• How long the whole divorce legal situation usually lasts. 
• What is the difference between divorce and property settlement?.
• Why you have to wait 1 year before you are allowed to file for divorce.

Links and resources:

 

• Follow us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thedivorcecourse

• Join us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thedivorcecoursepodcast

• 1800RESPECT 1800 737 732
• WOMEN'S SHELTER SERVICE http://www.dvconnect.org/womensline/about-womens-shelters/
• LEGAL AID: https://www.legalaid.qld.gov.au

 

 

• Lifeline 13 11 14

• Mensline Australia 1300 789 978

• Kids Help Line 1800 551 800

• Aboriginal Family Domestic Violence Hotline 1800 019 123

 

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