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You don't have to, but it might help if you can. It’s always better if you can communicate with your ex-partner – especially if there are children involved. We appreciate that parenting through a divorce or separation is not easy. Even though you’ll no longer be married, you’ll both still want to act in the best interests of your children, so if you can retain some form of a relationship, it's better for everybody. It also helps to maintain some level of communication with your ex-partner when negotiating financial settlements.

However we appreciate that this isn’t always possible. If it's hard to talk to them, or your divorce is as a result of a domestic abuse case, then don't put yourself in an uncomfortable or compromising position. That’s where our divorce solicitors can work with you to try and reduce the stress and pressures surrounding the process, protect your interests, and seek a positive and prompt solution that works for you.

Yes. Providing you have examples of unreasonable behaviour which your partner has demonstrated towards you, you can issue a divorce application at any time (providing 1 year has passed since the date of marriage). This applies if your partner does not wish to get divorced.

This depends on a variety of factors i.e. the length and duration of the marriage, who the children will live with, what the matrimonial pot of assets consists of, what the respective income positions of the parties look like, and the age of the parties, to name but a few.

Once you have gone through the process of full and frank financial disclosure, a specialist divorce lawyer will be able to tell you what a Judge might consider to be a fair financial settlement in your case. The starting point is for there to be an equal division of all matrimonial assets which includes assets in joint names but also any assets in the sole names of each party.

Visit our divorce financial settlements solicitors page to learn more about how we can support you.

On the 8th June 2020, the no-fault divorce bill had its second reading in the House of Commons and was passed by MPs. The bill is now in its final stages and it is likely to be passed later this year. As things stand at the moment however, you still need to rely on one of the five facts as mentioned above. To learn more, see our blog on no-fault divorce.