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Quickie Divorce's customers regularly ask our advisers whether or not they believe the reasons they're divorcing their husband or wife are acceptable. In some instances, these people want to know if their reasons are legally acceptable and if a judge will be sufficiently satisfied to grant them a divorce. Others

With the ever-rising cost of getting married in the UK, more and more couples are looking abroad for their big day. Paying for the day's run of your local castle, a full package of photos and enough food and drink to keep a few hundred-people happy for an evening can

A far greater number of married couples separate - only to remain married indefinitely - than anyone would reasonably expect. As a result, people regularly contact Quickie Divorce and ask us how they can divorce a spouse they've not seen or spoken to in several years. In response, we inform

There's a stigma surrounding all legal proceedings; specifically, people assume that they're certain to be protracted, mired in tradition and, ultimately, convoluted. The process of getting a divorce in the UK is actually largely straightforward… under certain circumstances. The four stages of divorce in the UK The divorce process can

A common question levelled at divorce firms and solicitors is 'How long do I have to be married for a divorce to be automatic?' and the answer is a complex one. There's actually no set amount of time before you can process an automatic divorce because they simply don't exist

One woman's fight against a family court ruling could change the way couples separate forever. In 2015 Tini Owens, 68, sought a divorce and told the court that she wanted to end her 40-year marriage to her husband Hugh Owens, 80, because they had become unhappy together. Refused a divorce

Owing, perhaps, to the very different divorce procedures used in other nations, people that contact Quickie Divorce consistently assume that they and their spouse must have been living separately for a set period of time (six months or one year being the most common presumptions) before they can request a

This month, Prime Minister Theresa May announced plans to open up civil partnerships so that straight couples who want to formalise their relationship but don't agree with marriage have the same choices available to their gay counterparts. Though there has been no official date for the plans announced yet, Penny

It's a time of serious stress in your life, least of all because you just don't know how the process works. You and your partner have agreed that you want to divorce, now what? Do you need a Decree Nisi? What even IS a Decree Nisi? Your first few steps

'What's the best way to get a divorce?' is one of the most common questions we're asked at Quickie Divorce - it's also one of the most difficult to answer due to its ambiguity. There are a multitude of 'best practices' which should be observed as far as the divorce

With so many people querying how they can apply for a divorce online in the UK, we thought we'd use our considerable expertise to produce a comprehensive five-step guide detailing exactly how people can both apply for and obtain a divorce. Before, we begin, though, you'll need to know that,

The short answer is - maybe. Researchers have been back and forth on the issue since the fifties, when it would have arguably been pretty scandalous for an unmarried couple to move in together. Back in those days, studies generally found that couples who cohabited before getting married were subject