Do all divorces need clean breaks?

[sallyroute66]

Posting of behalf of dp...

8 years ago he was very briefly married (matter of months) they had no children together, no one gave up careers for the other Infact they didn't even live together and so no financial ties.(Hell knows what possessed them to get married, and they had only known each other 3 months prior to marriage)

When they split due to her infidelity, my dp was self rep, her solictors did all the leg work etc, he just signed. It did get completed, but he has since lost the decree absolute. Not that it would have it on there would it?

He doesn't remember a clean break being ordered, and is sure that one wasn't made.

His ex has been married since and divorced, and is getting married again soon. She has children, but only with other men.

Can she claim any assets/money of his?

No. If a former spouse remarries, he or she has no further claim.

He can get a copy of the decree absolute from the court but there will be a charge for this. It won't say anything about a clean break order but he will need it if he wants to remarry in future.

Nomoretether that's not right. That only applies in respect of the respondent to the divorce.

OP - she will notionally be able to bring a claim, but in reality she'll get nothing. Should have got a clean break at the time, not too late to get one now, but personally I probably wouldn't bother.

My apologies, I take it back (and straight to my solicitor who advised me incorrectly on both points above!)

Thank you very much. That's very helpful.

In theory yes, but in practice highly unlikely, and he has no right if you were the petitioner and he's since remarried.