Consent Order when we have an agreement

Hi everyone,

Thanks for your posts which are so helpful to all of us who don't have the funds to pay for legal services.

If someone can help me with this that would be great ...

My ex and I have reached an agreement and have signed a document between us with our agreement, with witnesses, formal stamp etc. We have a Decree Nisi.

The Final Hearing for our financial remedy has been set for June 18th but I have not been able to get through to the Court to ask whether we have to have a Consent Order if we have an agreement between us and they don't reply to emails. It has been suggested we get a Consent Order which costs £259 with Wikivorce which I don't have.

Plus my ex is in Sri Lanka and it takes literally weeks for signed documents to go back and forth.

I would be grateful for any insights on this please?

Thank you

If you divorce without a consent order then you need to be aware that your ex-spouse may be entitled to make a financial claim at any point in the future - even after many years have passed.

Some couples decide to divorce without a consent order because they may have nothing to share or even they are happy just to agree a division informally, it maybe amicable and they trust each other, the problem is as time goes by that agreement may breakdown, a new partner may come along or friends and family may persuade one person that actually the agreement wasn't really fair, if this happens a claim can be made in court.

Its also important to remember that assets you develop after divorce potentially can be included in a claim made after divorce.

@rubytuesday, thank you