Posted paper - what next?

Hi

I posted the papers (the initial ones, not the financial ones) last Thursday.

What next? Do I receive confirmation that my papers have arrived? How long before he received the papers to sign?

Thanks
Carolyn

You, or your solicitors, should get a copy of a signed acknowledgment of service. If this does not happen you will have to considfer other methods, usually the Courtg bailiff.

Mike M

Thanks

How long should it be for the papers arrive on the doormat for him to sign?

thanks
Carolyn

The respondent receives a copy of the divorce petition and the statement of arrangements for children and other formal documents including the Acknowledgement (a form acknowledging the service of the petition). There will probably be between 7 and 10 days between the petitioner filing the petition and the respondent receiving formal service.

The respondent has 14 days from the date of receipt of these papers in which to file the acknowledgment and 14 days thereafter (if so advised) to file an answer if he or she intends to defend.

If the respondent does not file his acknowledgement (which is relatively rare) the petitioner must either prove service by some other means or arrange personal service. Personal service will be effected by a court bailiff or a process server, not the petitioner.

Thanks. We're in the same house still, so I was trying to gauge when I might want to lay low!

Thanks
Carolyn