Queries about divorce in
the UK answered
Prent ice Fami ly Law
HOW SOON CAN I
APPLY FOR A
DIVORCE?
It is seen and regarded as one of the most
stressful experiences anyone can go through
alongside losing their partner and moving house.
Divorce
is undoubtedly a
tough thing
to
experience, especially if it has come seemingly
out of the blue.
Although divorce
in the UK is somewhat
common, there is still fairly little that is known
about it by the general public, meaning that if you
are about to undertake a divorce you will likely
have some questions for divorce solicitors in
Guildford.
In this very brief article, some of the most
common questions that are asked of divorce
solicitors in Guildford are answered to hopefully
help you make sense of the process.
have submitted the initial paperwork to the court,
there is a period of 20 weeks during which you
and your former spouse may need to attend
mediation meetings and sort
out
other
arrangements between you. Once this is up, the
second set of paperwork is filed in the divorce
court and then there is a 6-week mandatory
waiting period. After this, you will receive the final
divorce paperwork and you will be free to
remarry.
This is of course a very basic divorce and there
may be jurisdiction issues which can slow it
down. With the introduction of no-fault divorces, it
is believed by many divorce solicitors in Guildford
that this will become the standard time for a
divorce to occur.
HOW DO NO-FAULT DIVORCES
WORK?
No-fault divorces came into law in April 2022 and as the name suggests, they remove
blame from the process. In short, this means you can no longer approach divorce
solicitors in Guildford and state that you wish to divorce your partner based on infidelity
or inappropriate behaviour (although these can still be the underlying motives). It also
means that a partner cannot contest or slow down the divorce process. This law is
intended to speed it up to save money and result in more amicable and peaceful
separations.
WHY IS MEDIATION
STILL CONSIDERED
PART O