Does going down Unreasonable Behaviour route cost more?

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My ex is ignoring the divorce petition and has not sent back the Acknowledgement of Service form. I want to divorce him on the grounds of 2 years separation with his consent.
However he is not giving his consent.
Apparently I can proceed by going down the Unreasonable Behaviour route but I have heard that this can cost more?
I live in Northern Ireland so have to wait the 2 years and have his consent to divorce.

The Unreasonable Behaviour route was a last resort but looks like I'm going to have to do it if I want to get divorced.
Has anyone experience of using this route? Was it much more expensive?

Just bumping for you OP as I didn't know this was different in NI.

Hi, before English law changed, I petitioned on unreasonable behaviour in 2021.
whole thing took 14 weeks from petition to decree absolute and sealed consent order
so, much quicker than most divorces
you can’t do it that quickly in England now since law changed ironically
3 factors made it quick

1. we worked hard at parking anger and agreeing stuff amicably so we didn’t waste time and money using solicitors except where absolutely necessary ( eg legal draft of consent order)
2. No kids - we were married 30 years so had left home
3. i used words “ safe guarding concerns” in my petition so I think this expedited it possibly ( complicated but essentially there was risk of abuse if we didn’t split)

so, no unreasonable behaviour in old English law ( which I assume was essentially much the same to existing NI looking quickly at your existing laws) isn’t longer. How long it takes it overwhelmingly driven by the couple themselves and how long you argue for 🤷🏼‍♀️

Sorry, re costs, no it shouldn’t need to cost more I’d have thought- it didn’t cost me more under old English rules

I guess there’s an outside chance NI may bring in reforms like England within next 3 years your husband is stalling for 🤷🏼‍♀️😢