Partner absconded abroad - Divorce?!

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My partner literally absconded abroad when we separated in Jan 2020. He contacts me once / twice a month to speak online to my child but that has now dwindled.

He agrees to a divorce but will not provide an address.

During the last month he told me to send any details via email.
When questions on his whereabouts the question is ignored. We barely communicate now.
I do not receive any child maintenance or anything from the marriage nor any future contributions possible it seems.
I just want a divorce at this stage but don’t know what to do next?!

Ask your solicitor about serving proceedings via email.

I'm guessing you have done this already but find a solicitor who has experience of divorces successfully being granted in similar circumstances. If your ex isn't communicating with you in a mature fashion, get the legal route started. Then you'll feel more in control.

The advice will be more specific if you say which country he has gone to and whether you got married here or there, which part of the UK you live in and if he has family where you might be able to send papers.

He’s doesn’t need to sign the divorce papers but he needs to acknowledge that’s he’s received them.

It maybe two years separation so you may need to wait a few months.

This government website explains how to
Obtain deemed service of divorce

www.gov.uk/government/publications/form-d13b-statement-in-support-to-dispense-with-service-of-the-divorce-dissolution-nullity-judicial-separation-petition-on-the-respondent

Thank you.... Just felt stuck with a dead end situation.

Bluebells; Did not want to be too specific due to personal reasons but what I can say; he’s currently not in his country of origin and we were married abroad, I have all documents. We are both British and hold dual nationality. He has disconnected from his family it seems. All I have is an Email address.

I will check out all ththe advice given thank you it's been a tough two years it now needs to be official so we can move on.

I would suggest to you that you file for divorce here in the UK if you are habitually resident here before he does it somewhere else that does not bode well for women in divorces.

Noted thank you. Yes I am.

If you're getting email from him you can view the message headers to see which servers it's come through, and use their IP addresses to work out roughly where he is. It might help you know where to look - maybe he has friends that he may be staying with?

No he’s based abroad with no fixed abode unfortunately.