Family Solicitors

No Fault Divorce Solicitors

Whether you are looking at starting the no fault divorce process, or have received a no fault application submitted by your spouse, our friendly team of expert lawyers will listen to your needs and provide clear and straight-talking legal advice.

If you wish to arrange a free of charge initial consultation with one of our specialist divorce lawyers, please call 0800 015 0340 or alternatively email us on family@chadlaw.co.uk

On 6 April 2022 the law changed bringing in no fault divorces. There is now a slightly different procedure and some of the legal terms have changed.

What is the process for a no fault divorce?

  1. The applicant(s) completes an application for divorce and submits this to the court. The court will process the application.
  2. The respondent will receive the application and will need to return their acknowledgement of service to the court within 14 days of receiving it.
  3. There is then a new 20-week reflection period from the start of the divorce process before applying for the conditional order of divorce. The intention is that this allows the applicant and respondent time to consider how to address the practical issues arising from their divorce such as the arrangements for their children and finances.
  4. After the 20-week period has passed the applicant requests that the court proceeds with the divorce by making the application for the conditional order.  The court will review the application and once approved, they will issue a Certificate of Entitlement which confirms the date for the Conditional Order to be made. This will tend to take a few weeks.
  5. Once the Conditional Order is made there is a further 6-week wait (‘cooling off period’) before the applicant can apply for the Final Order. During this time a financial consent order can be submitted for approval. This sets out the financial agreement reached and prevents any future claims being made by either party.
  6. The final stage is the application for the Final Order which will legally end the marriage.

Another change is that you can choose to issue a joint application with your spouse for a no fault divorce.

If yours is an ‘old style’ divorce then you will need to apply for Decree Nisi and Decree Absolute.

 

If you wish to arrange a free of charge initial consultation with one of our specialist divorce lawyers, please call 0800 015 0340 or alternatively email us on family@chadlaw.co.uk

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