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How long for consent order to be approved

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Jumpinginwithbothfeet · 21/10/2022 09:42

My solicitor lodged our consent order on Tuesday. I just wondered roughly how long other people's had taken to be approved? Google says 6-10 weeks is this accurate? And then another 2-3 weeks for the absolute?

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Yahyahs22 · 21/10/2022 09:44

Sounds about right to me. My divorce took around this time in 2017

sojo1985 · 24/10/2022 21:35

I am also wondering how long the process is. It’s all so frustrating and confusing

HiKelsey · 24/10/2022 21:44

I did mine 2020 and if I remember right I applied in the end of June and decree came end September start or October. There was a lot of catch up from covid too

sojo1985 · 24/10/2022 21:47

@HiKelsey was that just for the financial order to be signed off or for child arrangements as well?

katieak · 24/10/2022 21:47

Depends if you're using the online divorce system or the older route. Online - should be quicker for both. Older route could be longer!

HiKelsey · 24/10/2022 21:52

sojo1985 · 24/10/2022 21:47

@HiKelsey was that just for the financial order to be signed off or for child arrangements as well?

I know it took us a bit longer because he wouldn't agree to child arrangements and in the end I agreed to take nothing financial to get the child arrangement I wanted. It was all done online and they were signed off pretty quickly once we had decided

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