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Guides for legal professionals submitting a divorce or dissolution application using the new law service – applications made after 6 April 2022.
How to get a legal or judicial separation if you want to separate from your partner without divorcing them.
Complete one of these forms to support your application to separate or legally end your marriage or civil partnership.
How to get contact with your grandchildren if parents divorce or separate and will not let you see them: mediation, applying for a court order
Both parties of a divorce or dissolution should complete one of these forms to enable the court to decide on any State Pension to be shared.
Form D50F: Application for financial relief after an overseas divorce etc. under section 12 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 / Schedule 7 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004.
Immigration staff guidance on how to recognise a genuine and subsisting relationship and identify a valid divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership.
Ask the court to proceed with your divorce, dissolution, nullity or (judicial) separation proceedings even though the respondent could not be served with the papers.
Use this form to ask the Central Family Court to search for a decree absolute or final order.
Form D50E: Application for permission to apply for financial relief after an overseas divorce etc. under section 13 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 / paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004.
A guide for respondent legal representatives using new law online divorce or dissolution service from April 2022. Includes guidance for offline acknowledgements.
Guides for legal professionals using online old law divorce services with MyHMCTS. These guides are for applications submitted before April 2022.
Annual divorce numbers and rates, by duration of marriage, sex and to whom granted and reason.
This report presents evidence from a comparative study of marriage, cohabitation, parenthood and divorce among adolescents and young people
Use this form to ask the court to proceed with your divorce, dissolution, nullity of judicial separation proceedings without the papers being served on the other party.
Make a general application (‘application notice’) as part of divorce, dissolution or separation court proceedings.
Annual divorce numbers and rates, by duration of marriage, sex, age, previous marital status, and to whom granted and reason.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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