Understanding divorce proceedings
At Wards Solicitors, our family lawyers are experienced in providing practical and supportive advice and can help you identify and prioritise the issues.
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At Wards Solicitors, our family lawyers are experienced in providing practical and supportive advice and can help you identify and prioritise the issues.
Getting a divorce itself is usually quite straightforward, particularly if you both agree that the marriage is over. The difficulties tend to arise in resolving practical issues such as how to separate, where to live, arrangements for the children, and property and money matters.
Call us on 0117 929 2811 to arrange a 30 minute initial consultation, or use the green form on this page, so our family team can discuss your situation with you and help you understand your legal options.
Outlined below are some commonly asked questions.
Anyone who has been married for over a year, provided one of the couple either lives in or has lived in England or Wales during the previous year. It does not matter where the couple married.
There is now just one ground: the marriage must have irretrievably broken down.
Our specialist lawyers can guide you through the process and advise you about any financial aspects of your separation, or arrangements for children.
It is not necessary for financial arrangements to be completed by the time the divorce is final. Frequently they will still be in the early stages. However, it should at least be possible to resolve immediate problems and make any interim maintenance arrangements.
Please click here for more information on divorce and relationship breakdown and our fixed fee divorce options
Issues that can be included in an agreement over arrangements for children include:
Click here for more information on Child Arrangements.
Call us on 0117 929 2811 to arrange a 30 minute initial consultation, or use the green form on this page, so our family team can discuss your situation with you and help you understand your legal options.
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