I'm a British woman who was previously married to a Moroccan man. We married in Morocco about 10 years ago. We divorced Islamically about 7 years ago. We had married under Islamic law in Morocco, the marriage was legally binding there. He gave me a verbal divorce (before he was deported back to Morocco following a domestic violence conviction) and I was satisfied with this at the time. No paperwork though. I was just relieved to be rid of him.
Fast forward to now, I want to start the process of getting a UK legally binding divorce so that I can be completely "free" of him. We have a child (who lives with me in the UK and was just a baby when the domestic violence happened). My husband never showed any interest in our child during the short time he had with the baby. Our child has no memories of the father.
If I start the UK divorce process, is there a way I can do this whilst keeping my residential address hidden from him? This is really important in view of the threats he made to kill me and abduct our child. I know the court will need to serve papers on him, I've no idea of his current whereabouts. The only address I have is his parents address.
Anyone done a UK divorce against someone in Morocco? How smooth is the process? Would I be able to complete it without having my address or my financial circumstances revealed to him?