Divorce 5 years no contact whereabouts unknown

RainbowChild_2 · 15 January 2011 at 2:58AM

I was wondering if anyone has divorced on these grounds. My ex was a nasty violent man so I didn't pursue a divorce on unreasonable behaviour as I was frightened of him. 5 years is almost here (thank god) and I know that this ground for divorce is not common and will be harder as I don't know where he went......

Any ideas/advice would be much appreciated

Thanks

mackemdave · 15 January 2011 at 3:36PM

After 5 yrs you dont need to who where he is if you can honestly you have tried to locate him...ie letter to his last known address looked up BT directory enquiries etc.After 5 yrs you dont need any agreement from your soon to be ex

RainbowChild_2 · 15 January 2011 at 7:29PM

mackemdave wrote: »

After 5 yrs you dont need to who where he is if you can honestly you have tried to locate him...ie letter to his last known address looked up BT directory enquiries etc.After 5 yrs you dont need any agreement from your soon to be ex

Thanks for your reply, he didn't leave a forwarding address and I have tried to contact his family and electoral rolls for where I think he might have gone.

jennihen · 15 January 2011 at 8:04PM

RainbowChild wrote: »

Thanks for your reply, he didn't leave a forwarding address and I have tried to contact his family and electoral rolls for where I think he might have gone.

Best of luck moving on then. I hope 5 years has been enough time to get your life back together and this is just a formality!

Errata · 15 January 2011 at 8:20PM

A relative of mine was in your position, she put an advert in the local paper covering where he lived when he was last in contact. There was no response from him or anyone else and that satisfied the legal side of tracking him down.