Can I be keep working from my home businesses while going through a divorce with my spouse still living there?
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Can I be keep working from my home businesses while going through a divorce with my spouse still living there?
My shop is built on the same property as
my house. I want to move out of the
house but don’t want to be baned from
going to work. What’s the best approach
to this situation? I hope to end up with
the house and shop at the end of the
divorce but for now have to be the one
to move out. Can she really keep me from
going to work everyday?
Asked on September 9, 2017 under Family Law, Ohio
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Family court does have the power to order one spouse to leave the marital property, but tries to be fair or equitable in doing so. If the court has already ordered you to move out, you can make a motion for the court to reconsider its opinion and/or file an appeal; in either, you would site the hardship to you from not being able to go to your shop and work. You need to stress the impact. You would also be well-advised to offer reasonable alternatives: e.g. you will have access only to the shop, and only at certain defined hours; or you will access for a certain number of weeks, at which point you must relocate it, etc. If you can show that you are not harassing, threatening, etc. your spouse and are willing to restrict your access to the shop and abide by other reasonable conditions, you will increase your chance of a favorable ruling. But as this answer began, the court does have the power to exclude you from the property, so if this issue is before the court or has already come before the court, you need to get the court to allow you access.
Note that given the importance to you of this, you would be well advised to retain a family law attorney to help you.
If there has been no court order requiring you to leave or not work at home, you don't have to move out: your wife can ask you to leave and you may choose to do so, but without a court order, she can't make you.
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