Assertion: divorcee's spouse | /r/AtLocation | the home
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text: If a spouse’s actions cause the other spouse to leave the home, the court may consider the spouse who remained in the home to have deserted the relationship because of how he or she acted.
text: When this happens, the spouse keeping the home might refinance for 80 percent of the home's value, or $240,000.
text: Paul Lancaster, a partner at law firm Blacks Solicitors specialising in family, mediation and collaborative law, says one spouse could buy the other out and keep the house or the property could be sold and the proceeds divided.
text: Two major goals here is to first do this refinance so the mortgage doesn’t skyrocket for the spouse staying in the home and buying the other one out, and to make sure that the house spouse qualifies to be on the mortgage alone.
text: Another plus on the side of staying in the house is that if one spouse moves out and the spouse staying in the house quits making payments, the spouse not living in the house would still be responsible for the mortgage payments.
text: In fact, in these cases, the spouse who remains at the home may be charged with "constructive desertion", if their behavior justifies the charge or if that spouse refuses a sincere offer of reconciliation.
text: Generally, the court will allow the spouse to leave and obtain a divorce for "constructive" desertion if remaining in the home would make them lose their self-respect or put them or their children in danger of either physical or mental harm.