Divorce & Divorce Advice From Expert Divorce Solicitors

In order to initiate a divorce in England and Wales, it must first be demonstrated that the marriage has irretrievably broken down. In order to demonstrate this point you can issue one of five different divorce petitions and they range from an immediate divorce where you allege that your partner has either acted unreasonably or has committed adultery through to petitioner based on two years separation with consent, five years separation or desertion. When the divorce petition has been chosen, the petition is then issued through the County Court where a file will be opened. The Court will then process the petition and send out the divorce petition with an acknowledgement of service to the respondent. The acknowledgement of service is then completed and signed by the respondent who upon returning this to the court undefended will then allow the petitioner to issue an application for a Decree Nisi. When a Decree Nisi has been declared a period of six weeks and one day has to lapse before an application can be made for a decree absolute. Once this is issued you are divorced.

We can still represent you, but an uncontested divorce will take a lot more time and because of this we cannot agree to a fixed fee divorce. To find out more about this please call us on freephone 0800 6129318.

This rarely happens; however, if this is required we will advise you.