Divorce Online
If you know you want to get divorced, or that you want to dissolve your civil partnership, and this is agreed between you both, you can decide on the level of support you would like whilst completing the paperwork in your own home.
Our online divorce/civil partnership dissolution packs enable you to complete the process yourself by guiding you, step-by-step, through the process of completing the necessary forms.
Once a form has been completed, one of our qualified lawyers will check through it for you to ensure that it has been correctly filled-in.
Depending upon how much support you feel you need, Richard Nelson LLP is able to offer you two levels of online service.
Option One
If your matter is a straight forward one and you are happy to complete the forms with only the online guidance, then our fee of £96 including VAT will give you:
- A complete set of the papers you need to obtain your divorce/civil partnership dissolution*;
- Online guidance to help you complete the papers*;
- Your papers checked for you by a qualified lawyer before you send them to the Court*.
Option Two
If, however, you wish to have the security of additional support we offer a further service.
For an additional £200 including VAT you can have the security of telephone and email support from a qualified lawyer, at any stage of the transaction, helping you to complete the forms and deal with any queries relating to completing the forms that arise. In addition, we will give you access to our online Will drafting service so that you can complete a new Will* to reflect your changed marital/civil partnership status at the end of the proceedings.
Simply select the check-box entitled "Support and back-up" when you come to the payment screen and we will add the cost of the telephone/email support to your online payment. We will then contact you to let you know how you can access the telephone/email support.
Try before you buy
If you are having doubts as to whether the online service is for you, then we give you the opportunity to see how easy it is to complete the forms using our system by trying out one of the forms before you commit to buying. Simply click on the relevant "Try before you buy" button below if you want to see how the forms work and whether you would be happy choosing this service.
Divorce
By selecting our online pack you will have available to you the Divorce petition which you need in order to start the process, together with the other documents that you could subsequently need. What is more, the Divorce petition can even be used to apply for a judicial separation, which can (if you choose to do so) divide your assets and responsibilities in the same way as a divorce, but with you remaining married.
The online divorce pack includes:
- Divorce petition,
- Statement of arrangements for children,
- Affidavits for divorce on the grounds of:
- adultery,
- behaviour,
- desertion,
- two years separation,
- five years separation ,
- Application for directions for trial (Form D84),
- Decree nisi to decree absolute.
By selecting our online pack you will have available to you the Dissolution petition (Form D8) which you need in order to start the process, together with the other documents that you could subsequently need. What is more, the Dissolution petition can even be used to apply for a judicial separation, which can (if you choose to do so) divide your assets and responsibilities in the same way as a dissolution, but with you remaining in a civil partnership.
The online dissolution pack includes:
- Dissolution/separation petition,
- Statement of arrangements for children,
- Affidavits for divorce on the grounds of:
- behaviour,
- desertion,
- two years separation,
- five years separation ,
- Application for conditional/separation order,
- Notice of application for conditional order to be made final.
*Please see the special "online terms and conditions" which apply to this service. Note also that the telephone/email support referred to in Option Two relates only to support in connection with the completion of the forms and matters directly related thereto and that are reasonable and specific to completion of the divorce papers at all stages from start, to finish at Decree Absolute. Included is any advice on any drafting changes required in order to ensure a document that is suitable for their requirements based on the information provided. Support does not, however, include advising as to financial matters, disputes as to arrangements for children, custody, property matters, disputes over the basis of the petition, matters relating to jurisdiction or any other matters not directly related to the completion of the forms supplied. Assistance can be provided as to such matters but this would need to be the subject of separate instructions.