Fastest way to get a divorce in UK?

Tigsteroonie

tenke wrote: »

I am looking for some advice regarding getting the fastest way to divorce in UK.

Can I just point out that Scotland has a separate legal system from England & Wales, and therefore their divorce procedures are different.

It might prove useful to the discussion if you could confirm which side of the border you live ...

sweetme

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

Can I just point out that Scotland has a separate legal system from England & Wales, and therefore their divorce procedures are different.

It might prove useful to the discussion if you could confirm which side of the border you live ...

You're right, it's one year with consent here, unless of course there are grounds for unreasonable behaviour

pineapple

Plenty of firms offering advice etc if you google quick divorce.
Here is one of them. It also lists the reasons. They say it will take 12 - 14 weeks.
http://www.click-divorce.co.uk/howitworks.html
By the way I think it's good when people can part on good terms.
Me and the ex (partnered not married) went through the house agreeing what each would take. All very friendly despite me nabbing him with one of his staff!! Years earlier his ex wife had apparently demanded one of his walking boots saying they had been bought from joint income :rotfl:

tenke

Hi,

Thank you all for your answers and insight.

We are currently living in England, have been married for almost 9 years, but have been out of love for some time now, both depressed and really not got the guts to do it before, but we have just reached a point where we want to move on...

Reading the grounds of divorce, it would appear adultery or unreasonable behaviour would be the shortest routes. However, none of us has cheated on been really violent, maybe the odd discussion where we can be so cruel to each other because of past old bleeding wounds.., so we dont actually have a sound proof one way or the other, BUT we dont want to be legally tied to one another once we go our separate ways, so we want to cut clean once and for all.

We have bought a house together and have agreed on finance and generally it is just driffiting apart but without animosity, what we dont want is just because we dont have a " falling out of love " tick to box in the application, to continue being legally tied for 2 years more.

I guess we'd both like to start afresh with someone new if it was to happen in the future, without the legal ties.

We have been considering using adultery as an excuse, but oh is concerned it could be a crime record??

Anyway, thats our situation at the moment..

Thanks for any enlightment from experience you can offer

Tigsteroonie

Admitting adultery does not give you a criminal record (Heaven help me if it did!!) I'm not sure whether you have to name the third party or can just say an "un-named third party", someone else might know.

Gloomendoom

tenke wrote: »

That sounds really helpful, could you let me know which unreasonabe behaviour you used?
thanks

OK, it wasn't too bad. It centred around my OH feeling isolated/unloved because I was spending too much time at work.

Murtle

unreasonable behaviour could be one of you declining intimate relationships which could be true if you have fallen out of love. It could be that one of you doesn't want to have children within the relationship.

In fact here is a link to some suggestions

http://www.wikivorce.com/divorce/Divorce-Advice/General-Divorce/114654-Re-unreasonable-behaviour-examples.html

tenke

Gloomendoom wrote: »

OK, it wasn't too bad. It centred around my OH feeling isolated/unloved because I was spending too much time at work.

Did you need a solicitor to formulate that for you, I mean convincing legal choice of words? or just wrote it in your own words in the application?
How long did it take from A to Z?
Sorry lots of questions, but we are considering adultery as an excuse, so maybe this could be better? considering none of us even tried to be an adulterer!! :eek::D

Murtle

You can word it yourself and complete all the forms yourself. Submit them and then the respondent will be sent what you have written and asked to agree, sign and return - should be within 7 days. My ex only just made it - you might be luckier!

The judge then agrees and sets the initial date for the decree nisi. six weeks and a day afterwards you can request the decree absolute!!

The guy who accepted my forms was really helpful and reviewed them to make sure I had signed and dated in the right places etc!

Murtle

Do you need to name the third party if claiming adultery?