Is it possible to get a divorce without hiring a lawyer?

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Is it possible to get divorced without paying four-figure sums of money to a lawyer? As my case is pretty much uncontested - and we've been separated for two years now - I wonder if it's just a matter of signing some papers and sending them to the powers-that-be. If I go ahead without a lawyer, will it prove expensive and problematic in the long run?

― Daniel Giraffe, Thursday, 24 April 2008 08:11 (seventeen years ago)

Are you in the UK? I'll assume so.

Yes, in a way, then. You can agree everything between you and take it to a lawyer each who submits. That's about as cheap as you can get, although you will have to agree EVERYTHING you can think of. (To be honest, however, if it's as simple as you think then it may be worth hiring one anyway since it will only be an exchange of a couple of letters and shouldn't cost much.)

I'm unsure where you think the expense and problems might come from in the future though?

― aldo, Thursday, 24 April 2008 08:20 (seventeen years ago)

I got one without a lawyer. I just signed the papers and the cost was minimal. This was in Australia, things may differ in the UK.

― moley, Thursday, 24 April 2008 08:26 (seventeen years ago)

I divorce thee
I divorce thee
I divorce thee

― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 24 April 2008 08:27 (seventeen years ago)

Thanks for your answers, people.

Yes, I'm in the UK. I don't foresee any specific future complications, aldo. I was just wondering if there were any hidden problems for people striking out alone, without a lawyer.

― Daniel Giraffe, Thursday, 24 April 2008 08:38 (seventeen years ago)

and if you can do that, the marriage is back on!

― kenan, Thursday, 24 April 2008 08:53 (seventeen years ago)

oh forgot to quote.

you will have to agree EVERYTHING you can think of

― kenan, Thursday, 24 April 2008 08:54 (seventeen years ago)

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