divorce

Hi new to the site, I am going through a divorce at present started proceedings in march hoping to get nisi in 4 wks time, however my X is stumbling at every turn in order to sort the finance side out. Been waiting since 5th august for a reply from his solicitor is this normal, as I am getting very frustrated about the whole thing and feel I cannot move on with my life until all this is over.

Hi blueeyes

Only just seen your post , welcome to wiki

Am sure someone with more legal knowledge will be able to repspond to your question.I could wait months and months for ex to respond but he was self repping in the end.

I'm separated, but I have two friends whose divorced were dragged out by their ex husbands.

First friend's divorce took over a year as her ex kept coming up with new things, like had she made a Will leaving money to the children, so that if she died her husband wouldn't be financially embarrassed by having to find more money.

2nd friend - her husband is a twerp. He ignored advice, then hired a solicitor, under the mistaken idea that since his wife had started the divorce proceedings, he didn't have to give her any money. Solicitor said that her proposal for sorting out finances seemed reasonable, so he sacked his solicitor.

At the court hearing to sort things out, he refused to meet her barrister or look at the new proposals, so the judge (whom he made the mistake of interrupting) set a date for another hearing and told him he'd have to pay for that as he hadn't bothered to read the proposals. She also had to tell him that he couldn't pay his solicitor's fees out of his money now, but would have to wait until finances sorted and then pay legal fees out of what was settled on him. She's having her final hearing in Oct, having started proceedings last Feb.