I know what happened to the divorce petition. It is sitting in an EU bailliff's office as they never served the papers. It's not that he failed to try to serve them, it's that they never actually made it to be served. I don't live at this baillifs and I only found out what happened later. This same baillifs did serve the decree nisi properly. I informed court. Silence.
The petition for divorce, I found out only at decree nise, was placed with court 6 months after leaving me, but he stated he left me 2 years earlier. I again informed the court, once I had the nisi, that this was not the case, that I had a mass of financial evidence, photos, witness statements, that my husband certainly didn't leave me 2 years earlier, only 6 months earlier, in fact I think it was 5 months earlier plus a few days.
There was no FDR? hearing either, I was told that it was decided at a first hearing which I knew nothing about, and it's on record that no service informing me of first hearing happened. I asked court why. They told me "the judge decided that's the way it is". I objected. Silence.
It is very hard to cope self representing and also not living in UK. The court just ignored correspondence over and over. I know they are over worked. The staff fully admit much correspondence was lost.
So the absolute was declared, despite my written objections, 12 months after he left me, the final hearing was 20 months after he left me. It was then because my husband refused to complete questionnaire, narrative, refused to complete his financial disclosure. So adjourned over and over till he complied.
What I am asking, was it legal that I never was served with a divorce petition? I was served with a nisi and absolute and the divorce petition I assume is buried somewhere in that bailliff's office. Since I never received any paperwork regarding it, I have no idea what is written on it, but I know it exists, as the court staff told me it did.
I would just like to know if it is legal to allow a decree nisi to be served? Is it legal that a court can ignore objections of a spouse? I objected to the lie of the date he left me. Sorry, I just believe you should not lie.