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If two spouses have been separated for more than two years and agree to a divorce or have simply been apart for more than five years, then there is no need for their petition to apportion the breakdown of the marriage to one party. If this is not the case

Prospective customers with children regularly ask us if an online divorce is suitable for them. Many think that is necessary to apply for an order that will state whom the children will live with along with their application for a divorce, but this is simply not the case. Provided the

Edit: At time of edit, in 2018, court fees have risen again to £550 If you are unemployed and intend to apply for a divorce, then you may be able to save £410 by avoiding the court's fees. In order to be entitled to this reduction, however, you'll need to

As you may or may not be aware, when applying for a divorce you may be required to pay a fee to the courts which will cover a portion of their administrative costs. In fact, these fees aren't just payable when someone applies for a divorce, but when filing in

If you've been considering a divorce, then you'll almost certainly have been doing some research and may well have come across the phrase 'Clean Break Divorce'. It's a terms that - thanks to the use of a phrase that suggests a healthy and final separation - has positive connotations; but

Last week, a client asked me if it was unusual for someone of her age to be pursuing a divorce; she was 62-years-old. The short answer - and this is what is told this person - is no. The divorce rate in England and Wales has been in decline for

To put this simply, yes, you and your spouse need to be living separately in order to apply for a divorce. What this leads many people to conclude is that, whilst they are living separate lives, they are unable to divorce one another as neither party can afford to move

People value their privacy - this is, of course, entirely understandable and, as no one (or very few of us at least) would want the fact that we are in the process of going through a divorce - or that it has recently been finalised - to be publicised, it

Divorce is on the rise in Kuwait with recent reports having indicated that the number of couples choosing to end their marriage has increased by 16 per cent from 2006. There are now 172 divorces for every 100,000 inhabitants of Kuwait, with social commentators claiming that - as with other

Several reports on how an unhappy working environment, and bullying in the workplace in particular, can cause a divorce emerged this morning. Amongst the articles communicating these findings are the stories of three individuals whose relationships and marriages suffered as a result of them having been bullied at work. Some

It's no secret that January is a busy month for divorce practitioners. Come the New Year, solicitors and online divorce providers will be inundated with queries on how to divorce their spouses, and whilst the individuals asking these questions will have waited until January to put them forward, the vast

What do marriage certificates, insurance documents and pretty much every single piece of paperwork we only require in very specific circumstances have in common? They're never where we think we've left them! No wonder "how can I get a divorce without my marriage certificate?" is one of the most common