Occupation orders have a very large scope and could do one or more of the following things:

• Enforce a right to stay in the family home

• Enforce a right to return to the family home, perhaps you've been locked out when you shouldn't have been

• Exclude someone from the family home even though they have a legal right to be there, for example, excluding a spouse because of their violence and abuse

• Set out who has to pay the rent or mortgage and repair and maintain the family home

• Give a right to stay in the family home for a specified period and prevent you from being evicted during that time

• Set out who lives in which parts of the home, where you both have to live in different parts of the same home

• Ensure home rights are not brought to an end by the death of a spouse or civil partner or by the ending of the marriage or civil partnership

• Orders are usually made for 6months to a year. They can be longer but this is not usual. They can be renewed.

• The Purpose of an Occupation Order
• Who can apply?
• What is a Dwelling Premises?
• The Two Tests
• Significant Harm
• Other