How do showings work if one of us still lives in the house?

Any court order first

While a divorce case is open, ORS 107.095 lets the court make temporary orders about who uses and possesses property and who pays the liens. If there's an order about the house, I need to see it before I write a showing plan. It may decide who can be there, and when. Your attorney can tell you what it allows. Read it first. If there's no order, the two of you can still agree in writing on who lives there until closing and who covers the payments, and your attorneys can tell you whether that agreement should be filed.

A schedule in writing

The spouse who lives there needs predictability most. Together we pick the times showings are allowed, such as weekday evenings and weekend afternoons, and I put that in writing for both of you. Every request comes through me with as much notice as I can get. The person living there can say no to a slot, but agrees in advance to a minimum number of open windows each week so the sale keeps moving.

Buyers and their agents come and go with a lockbox. The resident steps out during the showing. Pets need a plan too, whether that's a crate, a neighbor or a standing arrangement to take them along during each appointment.

Fair to the one who left

The spouse who moved out still owns the house and still deserves the same information. After every showing, both of you get the same feedback from me, at the same time. Feedback can sting when it's about a house you lived in together, so I keep it factual and send it to both of you word for word, without adding my own spin for either side. What the moved-out spouse doesn't get is a key to stop in unannounced. If you need to collect belongings, we schedule it like a showing, with notice. The same goes for repairs and inspections: both of you hear about them in advance, and the person living there gets a time window, not a surprise knock.

Before the first showing, lock away papers, medication, valuables and anything about the divorce. Buyers open closets. The pages on when one spouse still lives there and preparing the house after one of you moves out have checklists.