Financial Remedy Proceedings seem to be taking forever!

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Feeling fed up this morning. I filed for divorce at the beginning of November last year and applied for Financial Remedy Proceedings at the beginning of December last year. A few days ago, I received the email telling me that I was now able to apply for the Final Order in divorce. I haven't done so as the matrimonial finances are a very long way from being sorted.

We have the second financial hearing (the FDR) at the end of October later this year, but I think that little progress is likely to be made at this hearing. This is because my H has yet to make a full financial disclosure and I have yet to see a single one of his bank statements. Whilst trying to remain optimistic, I think our case is likely to go to a final hearing, which probably won't happen until next summer. No point to my post, but the delays are caused by the combined effects of an uncooperative H and court backlogs. Does anyone find themselves in a similar situation and want to join a support thread?

I filed for divorce May 2024 and could have been free in December. But we're still sorting out financials with him constantly holding things up.

We havent even gone to FDR because he's adamant we can sort things ourselves and tbh I can't afford to take it to court. I'm losing my patience now though and am fed up of constantly feeling sick and anxious with the unknown

I feel for you both, filed for divorce last May, still trying to sort out financials through solicitors, but he still thinks he’s entitled to half of my inheritance (received after filing and finding out about his indiscretions), it’s driving me nuts, I want rid detachment from him, not have to think I’m still linked..really peed off.

I applied for divorce 2 years ago and financial remedy 19 months ago. We go to final financial hearing in 6 weeks. I still haven’t had full disclosure and I’m clearly not going to get it. I’m hoping the court will just make assumptions on his financial assets, based on the information I have. I need this over with. I want to be divorced. But I also need to be able to house my children as they live with me.

Hello, I’m in the same position, split because he cheated when I was caring for a dying family member- then tried to make it all about him 🙄. He also ran up lots of debt in a short space of time.
Agreed to be amicable when I filed for divorce back in September, Agreed to exchange Form E via his solicitor, back in February, has since run up even more debt (I can see card payments on existing joint account) and ignores solicitors communications via his own solicitor. I’ve been to mediation- he has ignored them and I’m just about to get Form A sorted once mediation send me their part. I can file for Final Order early next month but, obviously cannot until finances are sorted- from what I’ve read via gov.uk and other solicitors websites, this could drag on well into next year.

How do you all cope with nasty ex husbands who are playing control games? I am at the end of my tether! No supportive family or friends around me.

I filed for divorce more than 3 yrs ago. Conditional order sorted. First financial hearing in a couple of weeks. He hasn't provided any info so we've not been able to exchange financial disclosure. Hes not engaging or responding at all.

@Thefutureismyaim We're there any consequences to your ex for not responding? Did you get an outcome that you'd hoped for?

If you coukd fill me in on what happens if he continues to ignore, id be really grateful

Been there. Start to finish was over 2 years.

If one, or both, of the parties are determined to be obstructive and get one over the other, it can drag on for years. Meanwhile, the asset pot becomes more and more depleted.

unfortunately there were no real consequences to his refusal to make proper disclosure. Judge at final hearing told him off for not doing what he was ordered to do at FDR and noted that he had only disclosed the assets that he believed should be included. But she said she would not make any adverse inferences. She did use some of my figures where it was clear that my ex was just misrepresenting the situation.
I didn’t get the full outcome I wanted but I do think the outcome reached was fair and reasonable to both of us and meets the kids needs until adulthood.