Fixed fees - Divorce

We will provide initial advice free of charge by phone. Phone our Newcastle Under Lyme office on 01782 627589 to arrange an appointment.

We then charge £199 for the initial consultation when you decide you want us to represent you in your divorce proceedings.

This fee includes:-

A telephone, online video or face-to-face meeting with a solicitor or Chartered Legal executive for as long as you need, typically one hour.
Initial follow-up letter to you confirming the advice given.
This meeting and correspondence can include advice as to how to conduct the divorce proceedings yourself, without a solicitor.
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Verification of your identity and collection of all information necessary to advise and prepare any further correspondence.

Representing you as the petitioner in divorce proceedings – £480

This is invoiced in three instalments and can be spread out into 6 monthly instalments if you wish:-

£240.00 before the Divorce Application is sent to the court.
£180.00 upon preparation of an application for Conditional Order.
£60.00 before application for Final Order if apply less than 12 months after Conditional Order (£120.00 if we apply after 12 months have passed).

These fees include:-

Representing you throughout Divorce Proceedings if not contested by your spouse to include drafting and issuing Divorce application, application for conditional order (confirming entitlement to divorce) and application for final order ending the marriage.
Preparing and sending to the court any application for an exemption or reduction in the court fees.
The fees are the same for civil partnership dissolution or judicial separation proceedings.
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These fees do not include:-

Resolving issues related to the divorce, such as financial settlement and arrangements for the children. We can provide advice about the potential fees involved at our first meeting and in the first letter.
Fees paid to 3rd parties such as the court. For example, the fee payable to the court for issuing the divorce application, whether or not you have a solicitor, is £593, unless you are entitled to a reduction or exemption from the fixed fees.

Representing you as the respondent in divorce proceedings – £240

This fee includes:-

Representing you throughout divorce proceedings as respondent upon an application issued by your spouse to include completion of acknowledgement of service form.
The fees are the same for civil partnership dissolution or judicial separation proceedings.
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This fee does not include:-

Resolving issues related to the divorce, such as financial settlement and arrangements for the children. We can provide advice about the potential costs involved at our first meeting and in the first letter.

Phone our Newcastle Under Lyme office on 01782 627589 for free initial advice

What our clients say

“Ann was always available and replied quickly to emails and phone calls. She offered me the best guidance. Would highly recommend it.”

Kayleigh, 11th May 2023

“I highly recommend Ann McCabe solicitors to everyone. Me and my mother first contacted Ann by telephone and straight away we knew she would be the solicitor for us. She made us feel comfortable when we asked questions as it was a completely new experience dealing with a solicitor. If we didn’t understand something she was patient and explained it in ways which we could understand. She gave us many options about what roads we could go down with my mother’s divorce but at no point did she pressure us.

“As my mother is on a low-income Ann had an arrangement in place which made it so easy for Mum to pay her. My Mum went to Ann only with intentions to divorce fairly and Ann made it so clear what was fair on my mum’s part and what she was entitled to and why. We had gone into this believing that Mum was only ever going to get just less than 4% from her 20+ years of marriage and she walked away with an entitled 65%. Ann was brilliant in every way shape and form and without her, Mum would not be in the position to start her life fresh again, and for that we thank her.”

Kayleigh, 8th September 2021