Dissolving a Civil Partnership
Civil Partnership Legal Advice
If your civil partnership has broken down, it can leave you feeling confused. You probably feel very emotional about the whole issue, which is why, at Family Lawyers For You, our civil partnership solicitors main aims are to reassure you about the legal processes available to you to end your relationship by dissolving your civil partnership and to provide you with top quality legal advice on the costs involved in dissolving a civil partnership and on the way forward.
How do I dissolve my civil partnership?
In order to dissolve a civil partnership, you will need to establish that there has been an irretrievable breakdown in your relationship with your partner. You will have to give specific reasons known as facts for why this has happened in order to satisfy the court that your civil partnership should be dissolved.
There are various facts that can be accepted by a court as reasons to dissolve your civil partnership and these include unreasonable behaviour by your partner, situations where you have been living apart for a set amount of time (either two years or five years depending on whether your partner has given their consent for the dissolution of the civil partnership).
To start the legal process to dissolve your civil partnership, you must file whats known as a dissolution petition and have your partner respond to this petition. You can then apply for a conditional order. When you receive this document, which is the next stage in the process, it shows that the court to which you have applied doesnt see any reason why you cant dissolve your civil partnership.
Applying for a final order is the last stage in the legal process to dissolve your civil partnership. There are some time limits involved when applying for a final order and these depend on whether you or your partner applied for the earlier conditional order your family law solicitor will be able to provide advice about the time limits and deadlines involved when going through the various stages involved in dissolving a civil partnership. Once you have received the final order document from the court, your civil partnership is over.
Legal advice when dissolving a civil partnership
Throughout every stage of the dissolution process, from establishing that there has been an irretrievable breakdown in your relationship right through to when you receive your final order, the expert civil partnership lawyers here at Family Lawyers For You will be on hand to advise you about your legal options. We aim to make the whole process of dissolving your civil partnership as smooth and stress-free as possible, whilst working to help you get the best possible outcomes.’