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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

• Overview

  If your husband or wife has applied for a divorce, the court will send you…

• How to reply

  You must reply by the deadline on your ‘notice of proceedings’. How you…

• If you agree with the divorce

  If you reply that you agree with the divorce, the divorce will go ahead.…

• If you disagree with the divorce

  You can only disagree with the divorce if you have a legal reason. For…

• If your husband or wife does not continue the divorce

  What you do next depends on where things stopped. If they have not applied…

• Start your own divorce

  You might want to start your own divorce. For example, if your husband or…

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