Your Consent Order processing time?

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I just wanted to capture a summary of your time waits for financial consent order processing time (from submission to approval) if you've requested one in the last 12 months. And if yours got queried, if so, what for?

I've heard anything from 2 weeks to 7 months from a couple of members, but just throwing the net a bit wider. (if at all)

Thanks

Hi, I sent mine off 25th March, had a letter to pay the fee about a week later. Letter from the judge received 16th April asking for explanation of some of the figures exH had provided. 🙄

@Stressybetty Thanks - do post an update when you next hear back. But that's sounding fairly responsive. Perhaps by end of the month you'll have it approved.

6 days from it being submitted to court and getting the signed off copy in the post last week.

@Itsybitsydoodah Wow that was fast - 6 days turn around - was yours a very simple CO?

Mine submitted last May around exactly a year ago, at point when Nisi was granted (which was earliest it could be under old system). Decree final issued the 40 odd days later along with sealed consent order. I was fully divorced and consent order sealed by end June. I only applied for divorce at start of April so it was particularly quick.
but my understanding was that you can only submit to courts once Nisi granted and they had to seal at point of final, so I’m confused why some peoples take longer unless they include the time it is with solicitor and themselves during drafting process before Nisi, or they have not applied for decree final as soon as possible after Nisi. I am probably wrong, but that’s how I thought it was supposed to work. So you should, under old system be able to have it processed always in less than the old 40 day wait between Nisi and absolute. I believe that is 6 weeks now…which is roughly same amount of time.

@EmilyBolton Thanks Emily - that was pretty swift. When I apply, it'll also be under the old system, and submitted just after the nisi arrives. Glad to hear you had a positive experience.

Got agreement from judge last week, exH now has 6 weeks to cough up the cash. Ours is more complicated, divorced in 2010 but exH stayed in the house. No financial settlement at time of divorce as house in neg equity and didn't benefit either of us to settle up. ExH moved new girlfriend in, had kid then remarried. I then remarried. Have tried many times since to sort it out. ExH now under much pressure from wife to get it sorted (after snogging mutual friend). Much haggling later we are done (hopefully). ExH originally didn't want to pay me anything and keep house for himself.

our divorve was done online, took 4 days for the consent order to be signed off.
Was fairly simple, everything split 50/50.

@thelonggame I’ve just posted another thread about this. Would you be happy to share who you used please?

My situation should be simple too.

Hi greekolive, we did the divorce online on the gov website. My husband had a solicitor but I didn't, his wrote up the consent order and I just paid one to look over it before it was lodged.
The whole divorce was really quick, could have been done from aplication to Absolute in about 5 months, but I delayed it while we sorted out the pensions etc.
I think it's all changed now with the new no fault divorce, ours was completed in March.

Yes it was pretty straight forwards as we had agreed everything amicably (and tbh I probably did myself out of getting more) but we were still expecting it to take around 6 weeks from submittal to the court. Was a nice suprise when it came through so fast.

Submitted to the court 15/12/21. Solicitor said it would take about 4 weeks to come back, not including Christmas bank holiday dates.

Returned 20/12/21
(There is a weekend between those 2 dates as well...)

Applied for Absolute 20/12/21. Came through 21/12/21.

It was a very happy Christmas.

The divorce office is certainly far better than the passport office. I'm glad they are with the amount you have to pay them 🤦‍♀️