Online legal services - worth paying for?

Well I've been putting it off for a long while, but think the time is about right for me to start down the long and scary road to divorce. Been separated for about 9 months now, and think i need to do it now for the sake of my sanity- really do need to draw a line under my old life.

My problem (well, one of them anyway!) is, that i won't be able to afford a solicitor. I don't think things will get too complicated. My x won't be contesting it, the children are old enough to make any choices themselves (20 & 16), and we don't have any great financial complications - a house bought with a joint mortgage and my pension, and thats about it.

My question is, would it be sensible to pay for one of these fixed price online divorce firms as advertised here on Wiki (such as NFLP) or is it not worth the expense and i should just go down the totally DIY route?

I would appreciate any opinions or experiences that anyone would care to offer

When money is an issue and matters are relatively straight forward it isn't too complicated to do the actual divorce bit yourself if you are prepared to spend a little time doing a little research and filling in forms which are available to download on this site or along with the guides D183, D184, D185 and the list of court fees EX150 from the HM Courts Service website.

Then if you can reach agreement between you it's just a question of paying for legal advice and a Consent Order to tie up the finances.

jxr,

There have been a few wikivorce members express their use of online consent and DIY to have been straightforward. It appears that remaining amicable or at least co-operative is a big must of both parties for these to succeed. Good luck!

E

Hi jxr

I agree with elle - to use the online divorce services, there needs to be a high element of agreement between you. We used the managed divorce package - our divorce cost us a total of £700 (incl court costs) which we split 50/50.

Shezi

Thanks for the advice everyone.

I wouldn't exactly say things were "amicable", but we're both agreed on what we want, and as i mentioned there are no huge assets to squabble over, so hopefully we can get things sorted fairly easily.
That's the theory anyway!