Full question:
What is a legal separation? Can you force the husband to leave the house? We have 4 children and our own business. I work 2 days a week as the bookkeeper of our own business; will I be able to continue to work? Please help me my children are being effected everyday.
- Category: Divorce
- Subcategory: Legal Separation
- Date:
- State: Ohio
Answer:
If certain criteria are met, then a spouse may file a petition with the court asking the judge to award him/her sole possession of the marital home. Unless the court issues an order stating otherwise, both spouses have equal rights to the residence.
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