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Divorce Fees 2011 - Respondent

Undefended divorce is charged as a fixed fee of £100 for respondents. This includes:

1. Taking your instructions and advising you as to the ground for divorce under the law of England and Wales.
2. Advising you as to the law on costs of divorce.
3. Advising you in relation to the law on children during the divorce process.
4. Drafting your acknowledgment of service.
5. Returning the acknowledgment of service to the court and a copy to the petitioner/petitioner’s solicitor.

Please note that in divorce where the reason for the irretrievable breakdown is adultery or unreasonable behaviour, the petitioner may claim all or part of their costs back from the respondent. This may be several hundreds of pounds.

Please also note that as respondent you will not have control over when the decree nisi is applied for. This is the responsibility of the petitioner/ petitioner’s solicitor.

A respondent may apply for the decree nisi to be made absolute only once three months have elapsed from the first date upon which the petitioner could have applied (six weeks and one day after the pronouncement of the decree nis.)

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