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I often hear my clients say that they have been advised that leaving would be considered “abandonment”. The answer is yes, you can leave the home and, no, it is not abandonment if you do. There are, however, things to consider before you make this decision. If there are minor children, you should try your best to make sure that there is a custody, parenting time and child support order in place before you leave the marital home. Without an order determining these things, each parent has equal right to the children at all times. This creates a potentially dangerous situation. Additionally, without a support order in place, you run the risk of going without money to care for the children. When you leave the marital home, you are not relinquishing any rights that you have to the real and personal property. The party remaining in the home, however, will have access to these things without any oversight. For that reason, you may want to consider requesting that the Court sign an Order protecting the assets and requiring the parties to maintain the marital expenses in the way that they were being maintained prior to the filing.