ADVICE WANTED - DIVORCE

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Hi, I need some advice anything will be helpful and if there are anyone in this field of law I would appreciate it a lot.

My friend and her husband were married in Bangladesh in 2009
Spouse arrived in the uk in 2009;
Been separated since 2012;
Spouse obtained citizenship on the basis marriage was subsisting - 2-3 years ago;
Marriage not registered in the uk at all;
No children
No assets
No money
Separated because they didn’t get along.

What would my friend need if she contacts a solicitor. What documents proof? How much will it cost? What legal drafts or forms need filling up based on the above?

Please help me as she is in despair and all alone during lockdown and feel that she is getting depressed and really wants for this divorce to be over and done with.

She can file for divorce online through the government website, she will need her marriage certificate in English (so translated and certified if it wasn't originally) it's very clear on the government website.she doesn't need his consent as it's more than 5 years separated. She doesn't need a solicitor

I think Wikivorce online is really useful.

There is a forum for divorce threads and also for legal questions where you might find better advice than I can give. First thing I would check is that the Bangladeshi wedding was legal, and not "just" religious - this matters, as Jerry Hall found out. If it was legal, it doesn't need to be registered in this country, and divorce can be obtained here.

Your friend has been separated since 2012, so can divorce without his consent. I thnk it's a fairly straightforward court application since there are no children or property issues, but a half hour with a lawyer will give some certainty. She can probably do the whole thing for under £500.

I am not a lawyer.

Best of luck. :)

Thank you so much everyone!!

It’s a marriage certificate from Bangladesh which has already been translated. She has NOT registered the marriage in the UK at all or claimed any joint benefits with her spouse. The only thing she did is hang about until he got his citizenship.

My understanding was that if the marriage is not registered in the uk then how can she issue divorce proceedings ?

If she can do this without a solicitor what application will she need to fill in based on the above?

You don't need to register an overseas marriage. Her Bangladeshi marriage certificate and translation are all she needs.

She just needs to start the online divorce process here

www.gov.uk/apply-for-divorce

Hey thank you for replying. Can my friend still proceed with online application even though it's a Islamic marriage?

I don't really understand the marriage certificate and if it's valid for U.K. divorce?

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