Question about a financial order

[SpottyBlueTeacup]

Hi,
I am applying for a divorce with the Co-op as we want a clean, amicable split.
I have to draw up a financial order with the help of the Co-op solicitor at a cost of £1050 - can I get this done cheaper?
Also, we have agreed to sell the family home and split the proceeds between us. The house is mortgage free. Am I able to look for a house to buy now or do I have to wait until after the financial order is signed or I receive the final divorce certificate? I want to avoid renting as it’ll be a lot of money down the drain and I don’t want to have to uproot the kids more than once.
I am living in the family home (have the kids most of the time) but I would rather move out and spend time doing it up before it goes up for sale. It’s difficult to do stuff with teens on the house!

If you have already agreed and are prepared to sign it I would pay the £1050 to avoid having the boat rocked and disagreements starting.

You can call a family mediation service and ask how much they would charge for it (against what sople may think, family mediators are not there to get you back together but to help you split without much drama). But again, if you are totally happy with what the current financial order would indicate, my advice is don’t rock the boat and sign it ASAP before he changes his mind. Having said that if you earn less or have children you are going to be the main carer for... going 50/50 may not be the fairest way to split the assets.

With regards to start looking for a house, I wouldn’t at least until your property is in the market and you both have signed the financial order.

I've drawn up my own, i found a model on the internet. I'm refusing to pay £1000 for something I can do myself. But there's no under 18's involved and amicable. We are splitting it al 50/50 on the paperwork but actually he's giving me more which is none of the courts business

I am currently going through this process. I have done the other divorce paperwork online myself and have the DN but I understand that the consent order should be worded in a particular way so am using an online service for this. I am using wikivorce and have paid £259. I was planning on reviewing the service once complete so I will probably add to your thread at some point (it’s not been as quick as I’d hoped for so far). Personally I can’t afford £1050 as I am paying for everything on my own and have young children. Not sure yet if it’s going to be a case of you get what you pay for.

I have read that most judges will reject a home made financial consent order.
We went to Mediation as we valued the opportunity to check that we weren't shafting each other, that we had the opportunity to road test our plans in the short and medium and long term: and to check there wasn't something we didn't know
We were very well read etc but our mediator still helped and did indeed tell us some thing useful.
We're getting a solicitor to draw up the fc application. C1000 seems normal although I've seen 299 offers on the web.

I had a solicitor write mine but she abs I had many conversations prior to that and the order was a clean break only as all finances were sorted.

I think I paid £300 or thereabouts.

Judge had a couple of wording queries but it was fine.

Hi,

Ok, thanks all. I think I’ll just pay the £1050 and get it done with.
The representative from the Co-op thinks I’m not going to get a fair share of the property assets as hubby inherited his parents place. I know he will live mortgage free whereas I’ll have to get another mortgage but I just want out.
If the financial order is signed can I look for another property to buy? I can afford another mortgage and will pay off it the proceeds of the family home at a later date.