Did you have to legally order your ex to do a Financial disclosure?

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My ex has ignored my solicitors letter asking for financial disclosure. He has also not signed the Acknowledgement of Service for for the divorce petition.
My solicitor has advised a court order that he provides financial information.
He is being very difficult and is stonewalling me. He did say he wants us to sit down and talk the finances out but I can't do that when I don't know what his finances are.
Has anyone had to go down this route?
It's going to cost £392 for the Court Order .

I had to threaten it but didn't get as far as actually doing it...if your ex is not taking you seriously and dragging things out then it might be worth your solicitor sending a shot across his bows to say this is what she will be doing next if he doesn't respond...

The obvious response to his wanting to talk about it, is what is there to talk about. Disclosure is a sharing of very well defined financial facts. Talking about the value of the house won’t change it.

I think you need to respond to him in a fairly objective way to explain that very point. At this stage he is required to disclose all of his financial information and once that has been completed there may be a need to for further conversation. Be firm that you will escalate to a court order if needs be.

Don’t discuss anything until he’s done disclosure and you’re confident it is correct.

sorry, this is the shit process that doesn’t go far enough in forcing people to get on and do the legal disclosure. Massive oversight imho when they reformed the divorce law last year.

I feel very sorry for women in this situation- it’s a form of financial abuse imho,

I was very lucky to have an ex who didn’t want legal bills, and even though was abusive at times, had sense to see that it made way more fancial sense to just accept and get on with it as quick and simply as possible

I’m in the exact same situation.but has already been dragging on for months. Now applying to court. My advice, just apply now! Even if you apply £275 fee, the first hearing will be months away so still time for him to produce something.

Hi, I am in position where I obtained pension value as discussed with husband, then he didn't do his value as it 'cost money to do'. I thought we were going forward with full disclosure but he has other ideas. has anyone been through court process and said they do not want pension to be considered and it has been passed? Or does it not get any further without disclosure? How is anyone to know if discosure is truthful?