subject: Are there short cuts to uncontested divorce? [print this page] Are there short cuts to uncontested divorce?
How long does a divorce take? It is a question that is quite often asked by the couples. Well one thing is clear that there is no "quickie divorce" as far as divorce procedure is concerned.
Divorce can be a stressful, painful, trying time for majority of the couples when splitting up irrespective of whether the marriage lasted many years or it was a short childless marriage. However the desire may be to get the "thing" over and move on in life but there is no short cut as far as the time for the procedure is involved despite the couple having agreed to proceed through uncontested divorce.
There are number of quickie divorce online services giving the impression that if the divorce is uncontested it will be a "quickie divorce" and they can perform miracles whereas the lawyers will take longer than it is possible.
The reality is otherwise. There are no short cuts; there is no special procedure despite the matters having been agreed, such as to the facts of divorce, financial matters and children. The divorce procedure will still take months because of the legal requirement of six weeks between the pronouncement of Decree Nisi and Decree absolute. In other words the time between filing the petition and Decree Absolute can be at least 13 weeks assuming the couple, the court deal with paper work on the day they receive it.
So the quickie divorce' is nothing but a marketing tool with the ability for the petitioner to complete the petition online and a system that is "quickie" in collecting fee.
