You will find the following documents in the resources section to this chapter ready for you to download and complete if you choose the paper option rather than the online option.
Alternatively, you can go straight to the Government online divorce services website and begin the process there even if you do not have a solicitor representing you.
The documents are mostly clear and easy to complete. Some parts raise questions, most if not all of which are answered in the Q&A section 5 of this chapter.
Before you get going we strongly recommend that you read the next two sections, section 3- Terminology, language and essential law and section 4- 8 things you need to know before you start divorce proceedings
The divorce application documents:
In the resources document section you will find the following:
- Government information pack-This pack answers various questions. It is not a guide about how to complete the following forms.
Explanatory notes about how to complete the forms can be found on the forms themselves and are, in the most part, clear. - D8– Application for a divorce or dissolution of civil partnership (formerly the divorce petition)
- D10– Respond to a divorce or dissolution application- This used to be called the acknowledgement form.
- D8B– Answer to an application for a divorce or dissolution of civil partnership if the divorce application is being disputed.
- D11– This form has various uses. It serves as an application for costs/ to make an urgent application to speed up the process/as an application for alternative service/to withdraw an application
- D84– Application for a conditional order (formerly Decree Nisi)
- D36– Notice of application for a conditional order to be made final (formerly Decree Absolute)
- Family Procedure Rules
Example divorce documents you might receive from the court:
In the resources section you will also find the following documents, completed with dummy details, showing you the kind of documents you will receive from the court during the divorce process:
- Notice of Proceedings for the Applicant
- Notice of Proceedings Respondent
- Certificate of entitlement to a Conditional order
- Conditional order pronounced
- Final order certificate
Before you get going we strongly recommend that you read the next two sections:
Section 3– Terminology, language and essential law and
Section 4– 8 things you need to know before you start divorce proceedings