Contesting divorce

[Mysty83]

I'm ending my relationship with my husband and have had my inital meeting with solicitor today. I'm going to file for divorce under unreasonable behaviour as theres not really another choice. He refuses to sell the house so i cant wait for 2 years for separation as am desperate to get out now. He has been unreasonable but he will hate being 'blammed' and I think he will contest the divorce and drag his feet the whole way making it as difficult as possible. Hes even said he will go to court over the house if need be (he doesn't want to buy me out he just wont face up to the breakup or me 'breaking up the family'.) Anyone had any similar experiences? How long did the whole process end up taking? Thanks x

Contesting a divorce is expensive, and not easy to do without a solicitor. And most sane solicitors advise strenuously against defending a petition. Although there are some fighty fuckers out there.

Just plough ahead. Very hard to predict timescales I'm afraid.

You will probably find that getting a document server to serve the divorce petition may be money well spent. Those who want to avoid divorce can waste months denying they have received the petition. At least this way it can't be denied and you can crack on obtaining a NIci ..
I guess you are going to have to go to court for a financial order though as he may just turn into a lump of stone a refuse to interact.

It took me 5 years to divorce my ExH.
If he'd have agreed to it much sooner then he would be much better off now.
So it actually worked in my favour.
Just keep going with your divorce.
He can contest all he wants but he's can't actually stop it from happening.

Thanks for your replies. I'm stuck living with him until it's all sorted so hoping it doesn't drag on too much!! Xx