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Advice on divorce please

  • 07-07-2015 9:19pm
    #1
    kelslat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 186 ✭✭


    i am looking for some advice on behalf of my aunt. She has decided after been married for 40 years to leave her husband and the family home. She wants to get a divorce but doesn't know where to start. She is currently gone into rented accommodation and he has remained in the family home. They have 3 adult kids, 2 of which still live at home. He is refusing to cooperate, won't give her a divorce and says he can't afford to buy her out of the house and says he will not be selling the house either. She will not be able to afford solicitors as it looks like it will be a long drawn out divorce.


Comments

  • #2
    Pat Mustard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    If she can't afford a solicitor, advise her to go to the Legal Aid Board.


  • #3
    kelslat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 186 ✭✭kelslat


    Would this take a lot longer to sort out, with waiting lists do u know? I surprise first step, she should apply for it and see can she get it. Thanks for your reply.


  • #4
    Pat Mustard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    Depends on the Law Centre involved, I would think. Many of them seem to have waiting lists which are several months long.

    I would agree that she should apply for legal aid anyway.

    She should also check out the cost of legal aid, which has gone up significantly in recent years.
    http://www.legalaidboard.ie/lab/publishing.nsf/content/Cost_of_the_Service


  • #5
    kelslat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 186 ✭✭kelslat


    Thank you for your help, will check into that so.


  • #6
    FishOnABike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,637 ✭✭✭FishOnABike


    The few months wait for legal aid is probably academic as there's no quick way to get a divorce. One of the conditions for making an application for divorce is that at the date of the institution of the proceedings, the spouses have lived apart from one another for a period of, or periods amounting to,
    at least four years during the previous five years.

    Your aunt may be able to get some legal advice from the legal aid board in an initial consultation before her legal aid application is fully processed. Other options for initial advice might be available through one of the FLAC clinics, a community law centre or a one off appointment with a private solicitor. She should be able to get background information on divorce proceedings and what options she has through one of these sources.


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