Staying in your partner's property during a divorce or separation
Overview
You can register your 바카라 사이트˜home rights바카라 사이트™ with HM Land Registry - this can help stop your partner from selling your home.
Your rights are different if you own the property jointly with your spouse or civil partner.
You cannot apply for home rights if your spouse or civil partner owns the property with someone else - unless your spouse or civil partner would get all the money if the property was sold (also known as being the 바카라 사이트˜sole beneficial owner바카라 사이트™).
This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).
If you바카라 사이트™re not married or in a civil partnership, .
Before you apply for home rights
You바카라 사이트™ll need to know if the property is registered in your partner바카라 사이트™s name, and its title number if it is.
You can search the register to find this information.
How to apply
You must complete a different application process for home rights depending on whether:
How long you can stay in the property
You can usually only live in the property until the divorce, annulment or dissolution has been finalised and a court settlement agreed.
You may be able to continue living in the property for longer, for example during an ongoing dispute about who owns what, if a court has made a 바카라 사이트˜continuation order바카라 사이트™ allowing you to do this.
What else you can do
You may be able to take legal action against your partner if they try to:
- make you move out
- stop you moving back into a home you바카라 사이트™re not currently living in, for example if you moved out temporarily
A solicitor can advise you about this.