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Divorce
BIG_ROB
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Is there any legal eagles on here, or anyone with recent expearience, that can tell me how much the fees are for getting a straight forward divorce? Both parties agree to the divorce and have been living apart for more than 2 years, there are no children involved and the money/possessions/property issues have all been dealt with.
I've looked on the Government website and the HMCS website, but I can find nothing re. fees..
Cheers
I've looked on the Government website and the HMCS website, but I can find nothing re. fees..
Cheers
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My divorce was similar to that stated mate . Was last year and off the top of my head it was no more than £300 each .0
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Yeah that's what I was thinking, though I think this one will be £600 one way ; )Glass half empty said:My divorce was similar to that stated mate . Was last year and off the top of my head it was no more than £300 each .
cheers GHE.
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Blimey, wish my divorce was as cheap as that!0
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You've got a kid though, haven't you John? That's when it gets complicated, and hence expensive.0
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Yeah, £300. Oh, plus her barrister fees. And the house. And half the pension. And most of the savings. Bitter, me?0
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Hitman 5k0
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Shit £67 I got f'ed well and truly I will paying at least that per day until I die. What makes it worse is she ran off with someone else 5 weeks after we got hitched.0
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Your paying alot for a hitman. I can get it done for 500 notes if need beBIG_ROB said:Hitman 5k
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Really? Okay, will bare you in mind.Woodsywood said:
Your paying alot for a hitman. I can get it done for 500 notes if need beBIG_ROB said:Hitman 5k
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just going through it online myself, luckily we've agreed all the money / house / childcare etc between us, will come to less than a grand in the end.0
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In similar uncontested circumstances many years ago I just did it myself by getting the forms direct from www.direct.gov.uk. The other shysters charge you for the forms you get free if you apply direct. The court fee to start divorce proceeding is currently £340 but can get a discount if on particular benefits or low income. Just keep the lawyers out of this if it is an amicable divorce.0
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Best way to do it if you can. Had I known what was involved going through the solicitors, I would never have agreed to it. The amount of money I paid my solicitor was outrageous, given I was doing all the negotiating, they should have bloody been paying me! The number of mistakes they made were outrageous, I pointed them out yet they charged me for the privilege of changing them. It makes my blood boil.Elthamaddick said:just going through it online myself, luckily we've agreed all the money / house / childcare etc between us, will come to less than a grand in the end.
Anyway, in the past, dont want to go back there again thank you very much :-)
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...forgot to mention, apart from the £30k I've agreed to give her!!.....GRRRRRRR0
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That what gets me a woman decides she wants off with someone else or just makes a lifestyle change and you are hamstrung paying out for the rest of your days.0
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I had the same "arrangement" with the both of them tooJohnBoyUK said:0 -
Be wary of cheap lawyers. They tend to have a habit of going over everything and subtlety stirring trouble so that one party hires a different lawyer while the other hires them and ends up paying a lot than anticipated. I messy divorce suits the lawyer, because the longer it gets strung out the more they can charge. That said I reckon between £500-£600 should be a reasonable price.0
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It's amicable, everything is sorted - why on earth do you need lawyers??
File the papers in court.
Why throw away £500??0 -
Use Quickie Divorce - very easy, they are very helpful and it is cheap.0
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as a young man, I have to ask - is it all worth it? (rhetorical question). It costs a fortune to get married and a small fortune to get divorced. CBA with all that. Nowadays marriages are a bit of a joke.0
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As I understand it, a firm of solicitors cannot represent both parties due to "conflicts of interest". So you are saddled with two lots of fees and the inherent inefficiency that brings.JollyRobin said:Be wary of cheap lawyers. They tend to have a habit of going over everything and subtlety stirring trouble so that one party hires a different lawyer while the other hires them and ends up paying a lot than anticipated. I messy divorce suits the lawyer, because the longer it gets strung out the more they can charge. That said I reckon between £500-£600 should be a reasonable price.
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Not sure you can generalise about that in such broad terms, but I can see why you'd think that.cafcfan1990 said:as a young man, I have to ask - is it all worth it? (rhetorical question). It costs a fortune to get married and a small fortune to get divorced. CBA with all that. Nowadays marriages are a bit of a joke.
Not sure if the risk of a divorce ever really enters peoples heads when it comes to marriage as nobody will ever enter into it thinking in such a negative way .. and if they did then I guess they shouldn't be doing it in the first place.
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Yer it is like that looking in though. Most of the celebrity marriages I know about off the top of my head = short marriages, bitter divorces, etc. There's not many famous couples that stand out as being happily married. I just think years ago it was harder to get a divorce and people married for life. Nowadays its so rare for marriages to reach 30 years+.DickVanDykesDiscoDog said:
Not sure you can generalise about that in such broad terms, but I can see why you'd think that.cafcfan1990 said:as a young man, I have to ask - is it all worth it? (rhetorical question). It costs a fortune to get married and a small fortune to get divorced. CBA with all that. Nowadays marriages are a bit of a joke.
Not sure if the risk of a divorce ever really enters peoples heads when it comes to marriage as nobody will ever enter into it thinking in such a negative way .. and if they did then I guess they shouldn't be doing it in the first place.
I agree about the negative bit, would be pointless to think about the bitter divorce when you marry.0 -
As someone who has just celebrated 10 years of marriage and is as happy now as I was then, I'd have to say yes. Feel sorry for anyone going through it, especially if kids are involved.cafcfan1990 said:as a young man, I have to ask - is it all worth it? (rhetorical question). It costs a fortune to get married and a small fortune to get divorced. CBA with all that. Nowadays marriages are a bit of a joke.
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it will certainly make me think twice about doing it again!0
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Don't confuse "celebrity" with "normal"cafcfan1990 said:
Yer it is like that looking in though. Most of the celebrity marriages I know about off the top of my head = short marriages, bitter divorces, etc. There's not many famous couples that stand out as being happily married. I just think years ago it was harder to get a divorce and people married for life. Nowadays its so rare for marriages to reach 30 years+.DickVanDykesDiscoDog said:
Not sure you can generalise about that in such broad terms, but I can see why you'd think that.cafcfan1990 said:as a young man, I have to ask - is it all worth it? (rhetorical question). It costs a fortune to get married and a small fortune to get divorced. CBA with all that. Nowadays marriages are a bit of a joke.
Not sure if the risk of a divorce ever really enters peoples heads when it comes to marriage as nobody will ever enter into it thinking in such a negative way .. and if they did then I guess they shouldn't be doing it in the first place.
I agree about the negative bit, would be pointless to think about the bitter divorce when you marry.
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Most celebrity marriages/divorces are the equivalent of us normal folk going on a few dates with someone then calling it quits.0 -
I was using it as an example - they're just normal people too you know.0
