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Use this form to apply to a court to end your marriage or civil partnership.

Use this form to ask the court to search for a decree absolute or final order.

Forms to apply for a divorce, dissolve a civil partnership or legally separate, including the D8 application and financial order forms.

• Updated: 19 June 2025

Use this form to respond to a divorce, dissolution or judicial separation application.

Check you can get a divorce, agree or disagree with a divorce application, what to do if your husband or wife lacks mental capacity.

Use this form to make a general application (‘application notice’) as part of divorce, dissolution or separation court proceedings.

Use this for to answer an application to end your marriage or civil partnership, or for a judicial separation.

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.

Respondents can use this form to give the court notice that they intend to make an application for the court to consider the respondent's financial position after a divorce or dissolution.

Use this form if you wish to defend a divorce, dissolution, (judicial) separation or nullity petition or application issued by your spouse or civil partner.