Help writing a consent order - moving abroad with children

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So my ex husband has now agreed to let me take our children and move back home (EU). Yay!

I’ve been to see a solicitor who advised that to make it all legal and make sure nothing comes back to bite me, I need to have a consent order written up stating what we’ve agreed, and to then send this along with the C100 form to the courts.

Problem is, my solicitor will charge up to £600 to draft the consent order up! And this is literally just to write the letter and does not include the court fee or dealings with the court application.

Does anyone know if I can write the consent order myself? Is there a template I can use?

You actually don't need a consent order, though without one he might change his mind before you go so it's a sensible insurance policy.

Google CAP orders latest. You also need a C100. To be honest £600 sounds reasonable.

i dont know about costs etc - but logic would state do this now, else it could cost you thousands in court fees if he decides to dig his heels in last minute!

absolutely cover your backside! get it done

best of luck!

i dont know about costs etc - but logic would state do this now, else it could cost you thousands in court fees if he decides to dig his heels in last minute!

absolutely cover your backside! get it done

best of luck!

Congratulations! To be honest, knowing someone people who have had problems with this (plural) I'd advise to pay the £600 and see it as insurance. It seems a lot for a letter, BUT, on the other side, if something later goes wrong, you'd pay many multiples of that not to have the stress.

Maybe there is a way to do it cheaper that works just as well and that would be good too, just don't only think £600=letter. It's buying you more than that.

@wrinkledimplelover It's much more than "just a letter". It's drafting of a court application, drafting of a court order, time spent with client and communications with client, court and other side.

I think it's worth the money to do it properly and make it 100% watertight

Thank you for all of your replies, I will ask the solicitor to draft it for me.

@Collaborate I didn't mean it was "just" a letter - that was what OP implied (or how I interpreted it) in her first post, so I was echoing that.

And even if it was only a letter, I'd have said the same thing because of the hell that can occur if it's not done properly/watertight. £600 to avoid that is cheap.