Divorce:

Marital dwelling

This could be a difficult and sensitive subject.

During mediation, we can discuss:

• who wants to stay in the family home and for how long?
• who will pay for the mortgage during that time?
• what happens to all the household goods in that period?
• what are the tax implications of this agreement?
• who can afford to keep the marital dwelling?
• what are the bests interests of the children, when it comes to the family home?
• how can you ask the children for their opinion, without puting a burden on their schoulders?
• is bird nesting an option?
• how to make sure birdnesting has the best chance of success.

We will discuss the short term decision to be made and the long term options. The agreements will be a part of the divorce covenant.

You can read more about the tax implications on this government website.

If you are considering birdnesting, you can read about the experiences other parents had with birdnesting, for instance on the website Theplumonline.com. Birdnesting can be a good sollution especially with young children. However, it is mostly considered a temporary sollution. When the parents enter into new relationships, birdnesting can become more complex. Birdnesting can be done by sharing both the house and the extra appartment, or by taking turns staying in their own appartment or by staying with friends or family. If the parents share both homes, the chances of problems may be a bit higher. In practice, one of them may do most of the housework in both homes. Staying in their own living space allows both parents to shape their own household and new life after the divorce.