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Financial Remedy Order with no assets

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HotCupOfNo · 20/01/2021 11:45

I've also posted in divorce/separation but thought someone here might also be able to help me.

Ex and I have been separated a long time and had no assets. It was a short marriage.

He is not agreeing to sign a clean break and won't apply for the Absolute (he's the petitioner and also an arsehole and has basically bribed me - he won't sign anything without a huge payout) so I will need to apply for a financial order and act as litigant in person. I'm not really too concerned about court as it's not a complex situation, but I am worried about how much time it will take as I want to remarry.

Does the lack of complexity mean that the court process will be over with quicker? Does anyone have any experience of this?

I'm tearing my hair out.

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Collaborate · 20/01/2021 14:43

If you do it all online it might go through very quickly - 4 months for a colleague of mine on one of her cases.

You can remarry without the finances being dealt with, but issue your financial remedy application first.

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WorkingItOutAsIGo · 20/01/2021 14:50

That’s not bribery, it’s blackmail!

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HotCupOfNo · 20/01/2021 16:16

Thanks @Collaborate, good advice. I will also apply for an Absolute but I understand it's more complicated because I didn't file the original petition for the divorce. So I'll have to have two things going through the courts simultaneously. It's all quite confusing.

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HotCupOfNo · 20/01/2021 16:17

@WorkingItOutAsIGo Yep! But completely legal blackmail. It's quite shocking and I can't believe he has the gall to think I owe him anything when he doesn't even pay CMS.

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