Ancillary Relief for Financial Disputes - Applying for a Financial Order

Early in divorce proceedings, you need to decide whether or not to make an application for a financial order. The family law solicitors at JMW can help you with that decision and the subsequent application process, ensuring the financial aspects of your divorce are handled quickly and efficiently.

Making such an application to the court is not a hostile step, but rather a way of kick-starting the court timetable, controlling financial disclosure and ensuring legal costs are used efficiently.

If you have any questions about financial settlements on divorce, speak to the family law solicitors at JMW on 0800 652 5577 or complete the contact form.

The Financial Process

When it comes to the financial aspects of a divorce, both parties are obliged to provide full financial disclosure regarding their personal affairs, which will include details of all material possessions, documents and other information relevant to the issues.

JMW’s family law team will guide you through the process, which typically proceeds as follows:

1. Form A completed by us and lodged with the court
2. We will assist you with contacting any mortgage providers or pension companies
3. Financial information is collated in a prescribed format (known as a Form E)
4. Court provides a timetable for proceedings
5. First hearing establishes whether all necessary information has been gathered
6. If an agreement is not reached between the two parties, the process progresses to the Financial Dispute Resolution hearing (FDR)
7. At the FDR hearing the judge will give an indication of how he or she feels the case should be settled and will encourage an agreement
8. If the parties are still unable to reach an agreement, the case progresses to a final hearing, or trial, in which both parties are represented by a barrister

In order to keep your costs and stress levels to a minimum, our lawyers will do everything possible to ensure you reach an agreement before your case proceeds to trial.

Contact JMW

If you would like to speak to an experienced family law solicitor about any element of the financial process, get in touch with the team at JMW today on 0800 652 5577 or get in touch using our enquiry form.