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To get divorced you must have been married for more than one year. You must complete a form, called a 'Petition', giving the reasons why you are applying, to show your marriage is definitely over. If you have children you also complete a form called the 'statement of arrangements' in which you tell the court what plans you have made for the children once the divorce is final www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk Some county courts and the Principal Registry of the Family Division in London deal with divorce and other family cases. If your local county court does not handle divorce applications, the staff will tell you the nearest county court that can help.  divorce_petition divorce_notesCivil partnership dissolution is for same-sex couples who have formed a legally recognised civil partnership which has ended. To obtain a civil partnership dissolution you must have been in either a registered civil partnership, or recognised foreign relationship, for twelve months. To begin the dissolution process you must complete a form, called a “Petition”, giving the reasons (the “facts”) why you are applying, to show that the civil partnership is definitely over. The process is a court based one and the person applying for the dissolution will have to provide evidence to the court that the civil partnership has broken down irretrievably. There are currently ten courts able to deal with civil partnership proceedings. These are listed below. If your local court is not listed here they may still be able to provide you with copies of the information leaflets and forms you require but they will not be able to issue or deal with the proceedings there and will direct you to one of the designated courts.
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