How the divorce process works

Divorce is a difficult, stressful and frightening time and it can also be tough for the lawyers too.  They very often have to work with people who are going through an intense personal crisis and are running scared.

 The divorce process is probably the most difficult and distressing you will ever experience in your life.  In bereavement you will have universal sympathy for your loss.  In divorce you almost certainly will not.  Divorce is divisive.

In a much to be welcomed change in family court procedures all separating or divorcing couples will soon be referred to mediation to try to settle their disputes.

The moment you decide (or your spouse decides for you) that your marriage is at an end and the divorce process is about to begin the stress levels will ramp up rapidly for both of you.  All the emotions of guilt, fear, hurt and anger threaten to engulf you. 

Wafting down the aisle looking fabulous in a white frock or striding manfully along in a morning suit may seem to bear no relation to getting divorced but sadly, it no longer guarantees a lifetime's commitment to marriage either.

Living together is not the same as being married, you avoid the possibility of divorce but your financial rights within the relationship are very different.

Some of the things that can slow things down during divorce proceedings. A divorce can be subject to any amount of delay and sometimes procrastination from one or other of the parties is involved.  If you feel you would like to speak to a local expert Divorce solicitor then we can help.

Marriage and civil partnerships give those concerned rights during the life of a relationship and during divorce that are currently not available to those who choose not to formalise their relationship.