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[mee16]

Hi
im new on this but need some urgent advice. my ex applied for divorce and now were divorced.. yaayy!!
but he has put a cost order and the courts are adamant for me to pay his legal costs which are £13500.
im really stressed and dont know what to do. iv contacted his third party and said i will pay £3 a month as i work part time and have 2 kids.
bcoz there is a court order saying iv got to pay it he keeps threatning me saying hes going to enforce the order if i dont make reasonable offer amount.
this is ridiculous as iv got my own feed to pay too. he works full time and earns more than me.
has anyone else been through anything similar or any advice really appreciated.
thankyou

yes sorry the figure is £1350.
i didnt know when he made an order for costs.
i have asked the courts for a detailed assessment hearing and i went today. he didnt turn up but his solicitors sent a letter saying that they havent recieved my letter of objection and equally they havent served a breakdown of the costs either. so now a new order was made to say that iv to file the objection letter to them within 7 days and them to serve the cost schedule within 14 days and will have another court date.
i dont understand why have i to pay for his legal costs.?
the judge told me today that it doesnt matter what my income is. the hearing is to see if theyre costs are reasonable or not.
there must be something i can do?
please help with advice

The over all costs bill may well end up greater - they are allowed to include in their claim a court assessment fee, and a fee for preparation of the bill.

As familylawsolicitor posted, it's not worth your while challenging a bill that size for the divorce. If I were you I'd write to say that you accept the amount of the bill, but would like time to pay.

thanku and i understand what you say and familylaw solicitor.
but there was no bailiff sent to my house amd they have added costs of the bailiff serving and prep of the docs. what so i do in that sense?

That suggests you did not respond to the divorce petition when it was delivered by post so someone had to hand the papers to you personally. The person who handed you the papers was a bailiff.

yes i know what a bailiff is.
the question is that i wasnt served by a bailiff!
no one served nothing on me. iv never met anyone or had a card or anything left saying that they had been.
they have added the costs but they are lieing.
i would understand if it had happened but it didnt.

aahh i see what you mean now.
yes i didnt recieve the application till bery late. dont know why. and by then it was nearly a month but i replied back as soon as i got it.
but i see what you mean.
so you think that theres no point in arguing the fact why iv to pay his legal costs and just pay it as i will have to anyway?
is there no other solution to this at all ?

Maybe it's worth paying £1350 to be rid of him. What price freedom..?

true say, so even if they enforce the order on me bcoz they are not happy with £2 a month . then you think theres nothing no one can so if i cant afford to pay anymore?