I payed for the divorce myself because I was the one pushing for it. Each court visit does cost loads. One quick 5 minute court visit with my solicitor cost me an extra £300. Other than that mine was a pretty straightforward divorce. Ex h didn't bother getting himself a solicitor & just signed on the dotted line each time he was sent any paperwork. Without the court visit mine would have cost just under a grand in total.

the more complicated the more cost is easiest way to see it. no way would i have tried to do my own. it went on for ages - lots of court visits with solicitor in tow and then a barrister - cost loads.

would check on who pays what aswell. i assumed we would pay half each. and even tho my ex started the court action against me after she'd been gone ages i had to pay all of my own costs and am still paying it back. she got legal aid and didnt have to pay a penny back ever. meant she was able to try everything she could think of knowing i had to pay to defend myself.

Yes I think you can do it for a few hundred if you do it yourself but I wanted the security of my solicitor.

Isnt it possible to get a do-it-yourself divorce costing peanuts?

I was quoted £1000 for an uncontested divorce too & it would have been just under that if it hadn't been for the £300 extra I had to pay for my solicitor to appear in court with me.

Am really shocked at how much some of you have had to pay too. I wouldn't have been able to afford to get divorced if mine had cost that much!

My ex was quoted £500, but then the solicitor had not had a clue of what was in stake as ex lied to him about his assets. Mine, who knew the situation from the very beginning quoted between £4000- £6000 due to the complexity of the case.

So far, I think, we would be extremely lucky if we manage to keep it below 10,000.

Good grief! I've just been quoted £1,000 for an uncontested divorce (can't remember if it includes VAT as I was a bit stunned at that!) - some of you have really paid over the odds.

@£20,000!!

We sorted all our finances out beforehand through mediation though so it was just the divorce itself.

Just got mine through & it ended up costing me £1,248.50 in total. £300 of that was to cover an extra court fee as I had to go & give further evidence that we were living separately while waiting for the house to sell after the separation. Was a pretty straightforward divorce other than that though.