{"id":207,"date":"2022-02-07T10:51:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T10:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stowe-prospects.uat.tclstaging.com\/?page_id=207"},"modified":"2022-04-12T16:36:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T15:36:57","slug":"married","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk\/client-support\/married\/","title":{"rendered":"The divorce process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The process of divorce legally ends a marriage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since April 2022, England and Wales have moved to a no-fault based divorce system which means that you do not have to provide a reason for the breakdown of your marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below we explain the administrative process of getting a divorce; however, it is important to note that getting a divorce does not end your financial connection to each other or resolve any child arrangement issues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The divorce process<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dk4ohbd9hc6ht.cloudfront.net\/prod\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NFD_infographic_individual_timeline_nologo-01-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2049 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dk4ohbd9hc6ht.cloudfront.net\/prod\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NFD_infographic_individual_timeline_nologo-01-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/dk4ohbd9hc6ht.cloudfront.net\/prod\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NFD_infographic_individual_timeline_nologo-01-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/dk4ohbd9hc6ht.cloudfront.net\/prod\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NFD_infographic_individual_timeline_nologo-01-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dk4ohbd9hc6ht.cloudfront.net\/prod\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NFD_infographic_individual_timeline_nologo-01-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/dk4ohbd9hc6ht.cloudfront.net\/prod\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NFD_infographic_individual_timeline_nologo-01-1448x2048.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/dk4ohbd9hc6ht.cloudfront.net\/prod\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NFD_infographic_individual_timeline_nologo-01-scaled.jpg 1811w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<ul><li>One party or as a couple you will give notice that the marriage has irretrievably broken down and submit an application for divorce.<\/li><li>The court will respond to the application in 5-10 days.<\/li><li>There is then a \u2018cooling-off\u2019 period of twenty weeks.<\/li><li>\u00a0Once this has passed, notice can be given to proceed with the divorce and the court can make a conditional order -previously the Decree Nisi.<\/li><li>After six weeks, the court can make a final order -previously the Decree Absolute.<\/li><li>\u00a0Overall, the process will take a minimum of 26-30 weeks; factoring in administration and processing time.<\/li><li>Any financial settlements and child arrangements will need to be dealt with separately and aligned to this process.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The process of divorce legally ends a marriage. Since April 2022, England and Wales have moved to a no-fault based divorce system which means that you do not have to provide a reason for the breakdown of your marriage. Below we explain the administrative process of getting a divorce; however, it is important to note [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk\/client-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/207"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk\/client-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk\/client-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk\/client-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk\/client-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk\/client-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2438,"href":"https:\/\/www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk\/client-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/207\/revisions\/2438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk\/client-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}