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Solicitors Fees for Separation Agreement

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  • 24-08-2012 4:27pm
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    hellokitty88
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    Hi everyone!

    Does anyone have an idea what solicitors charge to draw up a separation agreement? We have come up with an agreement that we're both happy with and just need solicitors to finalize it. There's no kids, house, or properties involved.

    Thanks!


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    johnnyskeleton
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    hellokitty88 wrote: »
    Hi everyone!

    Does anyone have an idea what solicitors charge to draw up a separation agreement? We have come up with an agreement that we're both happy with and just need solicitors to finalize it. There's no kids, house, or properties involved.

    Thanks!

    Shop around, should be a few hundred euro to maybe a couple of grand depending on how complex it is. Pension adjustments etc can be quite expensive.

    If you are the husband, don't forget to get your wife to obtain separate legal advice before signing your agreement, otherwise she might claim she didn't understand at a later stage. This should only be €100 or so though.


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    aujopimur
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    I suggest you get a divorce rather than a seperation,you'll end up paying twice for the same thing.


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    ResearchWill
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    aujopimur wrote: »
    I suggest you get a divorce rather than a seperation,you'll end up paying twice for the same thing.

    So they should wait the 4 years with no separation, and just wait till they have the time down to get a divorce. What do they do in the mean time about selling property etc.


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    RandolphEsq
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    hellokitty88 wrote: »
    Hi everyone!

    Does anyone have an idea what solicitors charge to draw up a separation agreement? We have come up with an agreement that we're both happy with and just need solicitors to finalize it. There's no kids, house, or properties involved.

    Thanks!

    Shop around. Since you are in agreement there isn't much work to do. And make sure you both, as said above, obtain separate, independent legal advice before you agree.

    Also, if you want to make this agreement an order of the court you don't need a solicitor to do that for you. If you agree and get on well, everything is so simple, relatively speaking. http://courts.ie/Courts.ie/library3.nsf/pagecurrent/1FFED73D9BB994658025773100350F84?opendocument


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    Procrastastudy
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    ResearchWill wrote: »
    So they should wait the 4 years with no separation, and just wait till they have the time down to get a divorce. What do they do in the mean time about selling property etc.

    OT but in all honesty probably wait given the current housing market :D


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    johnnyskeleton
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    Procrastastudy wrote: »
    ResearchWill wrote: »
    So they should wait the 4 years with no separation, and just wait till they have the time down to get a divorce. What do they do in the mean time about selling property etc.

    OT but in all honesty probably wait given the current housing market :D

    Then things like who lives there in the meantime, who looks after the mortgage etc.


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    Procrastastudy
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    johnnyskeleton wrote: »
    Then things like who lives there in the meantime, who looks after the mortgage etc.

    I suppose it comes down to how amicable the separation is - given they only need it 'finalised' I am (perhaps wrongly) assuming they are being grown-up about it.


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    aujopimur
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    ResearchWill wrote: »
    So they should wait the 4 years with no separation, and just wait till they have the time down to get a divorce. What do they do in the mean time about selling property etc.

    If things are amicable whose to say how long their relationship has broken down.


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    iCosmopolis
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    OP said there's no kids/house/property involved? I assume they just have to go through the motions, here sadly by law it's still a long drawn out process that makes you go through the separation process before being able to get a divorce (so a total of 5 yrs) -I'm sure I seen a previous thread mention a cost of about 150 euro if there's no contention without a need for solicitors?


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    johnnyskeleton
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    iCosmopolis wrote: »
    OP said there's no kids/house/property involved? I assume they just have to go through the motions, here sadly by law it's still a long drawn out process that makes you go through the separation process before being able to get a divorce (so a total of 5 yrs) -I'm sure I seen a previous thread mention a cost of about 150 euro if there's no contention without a need for solicitors?

    People are free to draw up their own separation agreement if they like. That costs nothing.


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    hellokitty88
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    Thanks to everyone who replied!


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