A quick guide to divorce

Tips to make divorce proceedings less stressful:

• Take legal advice as early as you can to educate yourself as to the legal process, and what is involved, the likely costs and timescales and an overview of the potential options for a financial settlement.  We know how hard it is for you to send that email or pick up the phone to make the first contact with a lawyer but we are here waiting to help you whenever you are ready.  By the way, don’t take advice from anyone who has ever been divorced- your case is not the same as theirs -and you only ever hear the horror stories.  
•  If you need support and/or assistance to escape domestic abuse we can put you in touch with organisations who can provide you with accommodation, medical attention and emotional support.
• Consider engaging with a divorce coach or counsellor to seek emotional support to help you alongside the legal advice.  Divorce proceedings are stressful and you will be asked to provide your instructions and make difficult choices throughout the process.  Having someone to talk to, that is not a friend or family member, who can provide objective and non-positional advice can be invaluable in helping to clear your mind and allow space for the important life-changing decisions to be made.
• Involve your financial advisor who can work with your solicitor to provide independent legal advice in conjunction with the divorce proceedings and financial negotiations.  You will give yourself access to a broad range of financial products, like pensions and mortgages to assist in facilitating a financial settlement.  If you do not have a financial advisor we have many professional contacts who we can introduce you to, dependent upon your needs.
• Take a deep breath – and then decide what you want from your life, for yourself and your children.  This is your opportunity to make changes but if you do nothing, nothing will change.

How can we help?

Your divorce is about you, and you alone and your solicitor will provide you with the legal advice you need so that you can make informed choices about your future.