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Financial order or Consent order?

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Hello,
I have filed for divorce on the grounds of adultery and my wife and I have agreed we don't want any claims on anything the other owns (pensions, future earnings, I have bought her out of our house etc).
I am confused about what forms we need to submit to make this happen quickly and easily. Form A for a financial order or D81 for a consent order. Both forms seem to ask for a lot of detail about finances, when all we we want is to say: we keep what we have right now and we will not ever claim anything from the other.
We are both keen to avoid solicitors because they cost money and we don't disagree on what we want.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.
I have filed for divorce on the grounds of adultery and my wife and I have agreed we don't want any claims on anything the other owns (pensions, future earnings, I have bought her out of our house etc).
I am confused about what forms we need to submit to make this happen quickly and easily. Form A for a financial order or D81 for a consent order. Both forms seem to ask for a lot of detail about finances, when all we we want is to say: we keep what we have right now and we will not ever claim anything from the other.
We are both keen to avoid solicitors because they cost money and we don't disagree on what we want.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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If the judge is happy with the terms of the order then you usually won't need to attend court.
But we could complete the forms ourselves and just have them checked by a solicitor, thus reducing costs?
Do you have to have a consent or financial order for a divorce? Or only if there is negotiation? I mean, I thought I had to have one but if just the divorce itself is enough because we don't want anything from each other, then it would save money, right? I mean, although this is not entirely amicable, I fully trust my wife with regards to her promise on financial matters, based on behaviour so far, and she trusts me.
You may have nothing to divide up now, but what about in the future? Would you be quite happy to hand over money you accumulated after the divorce was finalised?
Don't think it can't happen - it can. Even in scotland (where financial separation is mandatory), there have been situations where after separating but before divorce people have come into money and suddenly the ex changes their tune on how finances should be split.
Does it legally require a solicitor though? Can't we just fill out the forms and send them off?
You can't get a consent order without involving solicitors.
You don't need to go through mediation to get a consent order.
Oh well, that's my questions answered for now.
Oh, one more, I bought my wife out of our joint property and I have paid her the sum we agreed for this. Please tell me the property now does not become part of the assets we will need to split again?
If the property is now in your name and she has a lump sum then perhaps you will have achieved equality in how the assets are split.
Anyway, thanks for the advice. I was getting confused about advice on how to do this without a solicitor but it makes more sense now that I know there are parts that MUST be done by a solicitor.