We are experts in dealing with financial arrangements arising of divorce. These arrangements must be placed in a Court Order, known as a Consent Order.
A Consent Order is filed at Court recording the financial agreement reached between you following the divorce. It is crucial to ask for a Clean Break.
This ensures neither party can make further claims against the other, during life or death. A judge will make the Order without you attending Court.
Regardless of your assets, a Consent Order is necessary in every case to protect your future. Even if you have nothing at all now, you could move into the property ladder, inherit money or even win the lottery in the future. If you do, your ex-spouse could return to make a claim against you, unless you obtain a Clean Break.
If you have assets, for example your home or pension, the Consent Order will record how these will be divided between you and when. Of course, every case is different and a Consent Order will be tailored to your individual circumstances and can determine what is to happen to any kind of asset. We will help to make sure the Order is appropriate and likely to be approved by the Judge. This allows you to reach an amicable and final settlement without the time and expense of Court proceedings.
We will meet with you to understand your financial circumstances. We will need a detailed list of your assets, pensions, debt, income and outgoings. We need the same information from the other party so we will need to plan how best to understand the full picture.
We will write to the other party to agree on a date to exchange details of each of your financial circumstances. If your spouse is willing, we will then prepare your financial information sometimes on a document called a Form E. Your spouse will do the same. We will exchange the forms on the agreed date. We then discuss the information on your spouse’s form with you to decide if we need to ask questions or seek further information.
When we have all the information and supporting documents, we will advise you on settlement and prepare a proposal on your behalf. This will start the negotiations and hopefully lead to an agreement.
When we have reached an agreement we will prepare a draft Consent Order and another court form, known as a D81, which will summarise both your information. This will help the Judge to assess if the agreement is fair. Once everything has been signed, it is sent to the Court for approval. If successful, we will then receive a Consent Order with a Court stamp. This will be final and binding on both of you.
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