Separation & Divorce Kit

Splitting up does not have to be costly and difficult. This Kit gives you the instructions and information you need to manage your own uncontested divorce.

It explains the legal and financial issues involved and provides common sense advice on how to conduct your divorce, taking you from the petition to the final decree. It also provides advice on the practicalities of separation.

Approved by Philippa Pearson, solicitor under English law and by Neill, Clark & Murray, Solicitors under Scottish Law.

For use in England & Wales, and Scotland.

Edition:	Second		Published	2005
Format:	Sealed Wallet		ISBN:	9781904053729
Code:	P218		Price:	£14.99

Compiled by Lawpack Legal Publishers in collaboration with external experts and/or organisations.

Guidance manual contents:

• Do you really want a divorce?
• How does the divorce process work?
• Can you handle your own divorce?
  - Advantages of representing yourself
  - Do you need a solicitor?
  - Finding a solicitor
  - What should you ask a solicitor?
  - Divorce and Public Funding
• The grounds for divorce
  - Fact A Adultery
  - Fact B Unreasonable behaviour
  - Fact C Desertion
  - Fact D Two-year separation
  - Fact E Five-year separation
• How to obtain a divorce in England and Wales
• How to obtain a divorce in Scotland
  - Simplified Divorce Procedure
  - Ordinary Divorce Procedure
• Protecting yourself during the divorce
  - Protecting yourself from violence
  - Protecting yourself from harassment
  - Protecting your property
  - Protecting your income and financial security
• Divorce and your children
  - How to propose child care arrangements to the court
  - When the court is dissatisfied with child care arrangements
  - The Children Act 1989 or Children (Scotland) Act 1995
  - Children who come under court jurisdiction
  - The Child Support Agency
  - Child abduction
• Financial matters
  - Interim finances
  - Gathering your financial information
  - Prepare a budget
  - Making a formal application
  - Clean breaks and maintenance
  - Property distribution
  - Pensions
  - Reaching agreement on distributing property
  - Mediation
  - Financial orders
• After the divorce
  - Post-divorce checklist
  - Contact
  - Periodical payments (maintenance orders)
• Separation in England and Wales
  - Practical matters
  - Separation deeds
  - Judicial separation
• Separation in Scotland
• A final word on divorce
• Glossary
• Useful contacts

Includes loose-leaf:

For England & Wales:
D8 Divorce Petition – 1 copy
D8A Statement of Arrangements for Children – 1 copy
D84 Application for Directions for Trial – 1 copy
Form A Notice of [intention to proceed with] an Application for Ancillary Relief – 1 copy
D81 Statement of information for a consent order – 1 copy

For Scotland:
SP2 Application for Divorce – Simplified Procedure – 1 copy
SP5 Application for Divorce – Simplified Procedure – 1 copy

Free CD contains:
Divorce forms