{"id":22470,"date":"2013-04-06T13:01:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-06T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-cut-the-costs-of-getting-divorced\/"},"modified":"2016-08-10T12:00:48","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T05:00:48","slug":"how-to-cut-the-costs-of-getting-divorced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-cut-the-costs-of-getting-divorced\/","title":{"rendered":"How to cut the costs of getting divorced"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAs legal aid all but disappears in England and Wales we look at DIY divorces and fixed-fee legal dealsLegal aid for the 120,000 couples who divorce in a typical year all but disappears in England and Wales this week, except in cases where domestic violence can be proved. While many are predicting a big increase in DIY divorces, costing as little as \u00a337, the changes have also prompted the arrival of a raft of new fixed-fee legal deals that keep lawyers’ bills below \u00a3500.If you are one of the many divorcing couples who rent property and have few assets, which can be divided up relatively amicably \u2013 such as “I’ll take the books and you take the CDs” \u2013 then the easiest and quickest route to dissolving your marriage is a low-cost website. Some three out of 10 couples fall into this category. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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