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Divorce Solicitors on YOUR Side

Here at N Legal our legal team have the quality, expertise and experience to do the very best for YOU as efficiently and painlessly as humanly possible, from first advice to decree absolute and beyond. Divorce can often be a painful and stressful time, but we will do our level best to avoid that for you, every single step of the way.

  • Divorce and separation
  • Ensuring a fair financial settlement
  • Arranging for you to see your children after you split
  • Legal arrangements before you marry or live together
  • We are accreditted by the Solicitors Regulation Authority so you are in the right hands.

If you’re looking for advice, please call 0121 355 8885 during business hours and a solicitor specialising in divorce can be on the phone with you in minutes.

No one wants to get divorced, of course they don’t.

However, it’s a sad fact of life that sometimes, having tried to work things through and explore every other avenue, it’s the only option available to move forward.

Another equally sad fact of life is that, however amicable you hope to keep proceedings, however mutual the decision or irreconcilable the differences, once children, property, finances and even beloved pets are involved, the gloves can be off – so you need a dedicated and expert divorce specialist to be in YOUR corner, protecting YOUR interests.

Is Your Partner Hiding Their Assets?

Proving what assets exist can sometimes cause huge issues in making sure you get a fair agreement in divorce, it’s often found that those that are good at making money, are also very savvy at hiding it. Whether it’s in off shore companies, foreign bank accounts or company assets, we will find them. We are working with a team of great investigators, that not only are able to meticulously investigate assets within the UK, but specialise in looking at off shore matters, and we’re very confident that no matter the situation, we’ll provide you with the best chance of making sure you get what you deserve.

Use our expert divorce solicitors to make sure you have a fair share of joint assets…

Can you afford not to?

How N Legal Can Help

Once we’ve advised you as to the best options, we are then firmly on YOUR side throughout the entire process:

Petition

The petition is the document making the initial request for a divorce. Obviously, the party instigating proceedings needs to meet one of the acceptable legal grounds for a divorce – adultery; unreasonable behaviour (including violence, verbal abuse or threatening behaviour; drunkenness or taking drugs; not contributing financially (without good reason); desertion (for over two years); being separated for over two years (with both parties in agreement); living apart for over five years (no consent necessary). This goes to the court and to the partner.

Arrangements for Children

Where there are any children, you must agree arrangements as to how they are going to be cared for – for example, shared custody, visits or responsibilities. The divorce can not and will not progress until both parties and the court are satisfied with the agreement – and if no agreement can be reached, then the court will have to be involved.

Decree Nisi

Nisi means ‘unless’, so once all the documentation is complete and in order, the judge will grant this. Therefore, ‘unless’ further issues or disagreements – or even changes of mind – occur the final divorce should now simply be a formality.

Decree Absolute

‘Absolute’ means final and your divorced is now complete and finalised, so, according to law, you are no longer a married couple. In order to ensure that this is definitely what each party wants, there’s an obligatory six weeks plus one day wait between decree nisi and decree absolute, much like a cooling off period.

Financial Matters

At this point, financial issues are agreed – and a ‘consent order’ can be made, but failing that, the court will decide upon financial matters. The resultant wrangling can continue after the Decree Absolute.

At such a stressful time, you need the right team behind you – at N Legal we have that team. Divorce isn’t something to leave to chance or muddle through.

Call the specialists to help you take the first step towards your future, whilst also safeguarding your past.

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Family Law FAQs

Children

As parents with parental responsibility, each party should seek permission from the other to remove the child from the jurisdiction for the purposes of a holiday. 

However, if you have a child arrangements order in place stating that your children reside with you, you are able to take them from the United Kingdom for a period of less than one month without having to seek permission to do.

If you do not have a child arrangements order in place you can make an application to the court for a specific issue order with the specific issue being that you wish to remove your child from the jurisdiction for the purposes of a holiday. If you require further assistance with such matters or any other matters regarding children, including contact and living arrangements please call the switchboard on 0121 355 8885 and we will be happy to assist further.

Divorce

The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 re-formed the legal requirements and process for divorce and came into force on the 6th of April 2022. This reform removes the ability of one party to make allegations against the other with regard to conduct and allows couples to end their marriage jointly should they seek to do so (although this is not something that has to be done and a petition can still be issued by one person)

Therefore, there is now no longer a requirement within the divorce process to provide one of five facts to prove the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. This has simplified the divorce process and now gives no-fault divorce as the only option going forwards.

You are not free to remarry until after such time as your decree absolute or final order has been granted by the court. It is inadvisable to make any plans to remarry, for example booking of venues until such a time as you are in receipt of the final order or decree absolute. It would be illegal to remarry until after such time as you divorce is completed and you will be required to show a copy of your decree absolute or final order before your new marriage takes place.

Under the new divorce rules you are able to make a joint application for divorce with your spouse and you would both receive notice that your application had been issued.

However if you apply as a sole applicant, the court will send your spouse the divorce application and an acknowledgement of service which they must respond to within 14 days saying whether they agree with the divorce or intend to dispute it. If there is no response you can instruct a process server to serve the papers directly upon your spouse. The new rules provide that where the applicant serves the divorce paper service must occur by midnight 28 days after the date of issue of the divorce application but an extension of time to comply can be requested if not served in 28 days.

There is nothing to prevent you from forming a new relationship as long as you do not attempt to remarry until your divorce is complete. You are however urged to proceed with caution and note that within any financial proceedings your new partner’s means may also be taken into account should that relationship become serious. 

Finances

When a marriage breaks down it is vital, moving forwards, that finances are resolved and that any agreement is recorded in an order whether that be through negotiation or court proceedings. If finances are not resolved and an order isn’t made, both parties are vulnerable to future claims from their ex-spouse even years after the divorce is concluded.

When dealing with matrimonial financial matters it is extremely important that the full extent of each parties finances is known so that any settlement reached will be fair. Therefore, we would initially assist you in approaching the other party to try and agree on a voluntary exchange of financial information with a view to negotiating and settling matters as amicably as possible. 

If this approach does not work or no response is received, we would seek to refer you to mediation (unless you are exempt). Mediation is a way for parties to sit with an independent third party to try to resolve any outstanding matters.

If mediation does not assist then we would discuss with you your option of making an application to the court to deal with financial matters.

As matters progress, we can provide you with cost estimates and guide you as to the best possible options to assist you.

If you would like further advice or you have further questions in relation to this, please contact us on 0121 355 8885

Non-molestation

Whenever there are incidents such as this, matters should be reported to the police and they should be given the opportunity to resolve matters for you.

However, it may be that you will also require a non-molestation order which is an order obtained through the civil court and is designed to prevent your ex-partner from being physically violent, threatening violence or harassing you.

There are some limitations as to who can apply for a non-molestation order as you have to be an associated person, for example, you both have parental responsibility for a child or that you have had or are currently having a relationship with the other party. We are happy to provide you with further guidance and assistance with this and would ask you to contact us on 0121 355 8885 so that we can discuss your individual needs.