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When your husband or wife applies for divorce: how to reply (respond), what happens if you agree or disagree (dispute), what happens if you do not reply, what to do if your husband or wife does not continue the divorce
If your husband or wife has applied for a divorce, the court will send you…
You must reply by the deadline on your ‘notice of proceedings’. How you…
If you reply that you agree with the divorce, the divorce will go ahead.…
You can only disagree with the divorce if you have a legal reason. For…
What you do next depends on where things stopped. If they have not applied…
You might want to start your own divorce. For example, if your husband or…
Information about COVID-19 and pregnancy from the Royal College of Obstretricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG).
How you can have a marriage annulled, the reasons you can give for annulling a marriage and the forms you will need to apply for an annulment. This includes information from the withdrawn D191 guide.
Check you can get a divorce, agree or disagree with a divorce application, what to do if your husband or wife lacks mental capacity.
Form for medical practitioners to complete so a body can be cremated after a post-mortem examination. This form should be used for deaths that occurred in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, and where the...
Management of British armed forces casualties and compassionate cases 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
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