If you are separating, and if it is you who are leaving the matrimonial home, give some thought to what you take with you.  It is far easier to take all your personal possessions with you than to try to recover them after you have left.  If you are unlucky, your spouse may treat any items you leave behind as hostage and not release them without extracting something from you in return.  You may find that you simply can’t get the items until everything else has been sorted out, which could take months.  If you are really unlucky, your possessions could be damaged beyond repair, or incinerated, or put out for the bin men.