Questions to ask a solicitor - Divorce

Maureen43

Dh and I are having a few weeks breathing space before making any final decisions. He is going to start counselling for his "issues", but I don't think the marriage has legs so....

I have a free half hour with a divorce solicitor on Friday afternoon. I want to make a list of questions to maximise my free advice. Please can people suggest things I need to mention or ask?

Barnabysue

I think you've posted this in the wrong place, this is the competitions board.

Good Luck with it all though.

paddeywack

Unfortunately you will find that the solicitor will spend most of that free half hour explaining to you how his charges work and the costs involved rather than answering any questions

Maureen43

Please can the mods move this to the Family and Relationships board?

Sorry - my head is not in the game at the moment..........

tamalyn

good luck to you, ask about living arrangements, children etc, money, pensions x

TeaForOne

I think it depends what you need to know. From reading your other thread it's likely to be more about fair distribution of assets than access to the children, so go armed with financial information.

My not-yet-ex DH (and I mean that "D") have been apart for 6 months (or 20 years, depending on interpretation ) and have not yet involved solicitors, but our financial situation is straightforward and DS has flown the nest.

Reading between the lines, I think you and I may have more than a little in common so feel free to PM me if you need a chat.

Dawning

When I had my free consultation with my solicitor the time was taken up by him asking me how long we'd been married (it matters), my reasons for divorce, then explaining the legal process, then explaining fees etc. There wasn't any time for me to ask questions but TBH my head was spinning with information so that's probably a good thing.
Although he talked about his fees I left the meeting thinking the divorce would cost me about £1k. In reality it cost me much more than that. Their time quickly adds up, mine charged £20 per text message etc.
We don't have children and it should have been a fairly straight forward case of dividing the assets but there were a lot of unforeseen complications.