Your holiday decorations may or may not have much monetary value, but they probably have a lot of sentimental value, especially if you have children together. The kind of items you only bring out of storage around the holidays can be difficult to divide up during divorce, especially if you are getting divorced right around the time of a major holiday. If you are working towards an uncontested divorce, your Lisle, IL divorce attorney can help you work with your spouse to divide all your marital property, including your holiday items. Dividing the items you use for celebrating the holidays out of court is often preferable, as you can choose a much more personalized solution than the court might.
Consider Keeping Some Items With the Children
If you plan on having your children for your family’s major holidays in alternating years, consider moving some items with the children. Having the same set of decorations up every year can be comforting to your children, especially while they are still getting used to the new arrangement. This will be more practical for spouses who live fairly close together and drive their children back and forth between households.