Guidance

MyHMCTS: How to make follow-up applications for a divorce or dissolution

Guides for legal professionals using the new law service for general applications and applications for alternative service, deemed and dispensed service and conditional orders.

From:
HM Courts & Tribunals Service
Published
4 August 2022
Last updated
119 MayNovember 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

General applications, alternative service and deemed and dispensed

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Change how the application was served or confirm it has been served

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Apply for a conditional order – sole application

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Apply for a conditional order – joint application

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Joint conditional order process for applicant 2 – litigant in person

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Respond to a conditional order refusal

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Apply for a final order – sole or joint application

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Apply for a final order – respondent solicitor

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Details

This guidance is for the new law divorce services, which includes all applications submitted from April 2022.

Use the MyHMCTS: How to apply online for a divorce or dissolution guidance for initial applications.

If you are a representing a respondent, use the MyHMCTS: File an acknowledgement of service for a divorce or dissolution application guidance.

You can only apply for a conditional order once you have received the notification from MyHMCTS to say that you are eligible. This will be 20 weeks after the initial application.

Guidance for the old service

Use the MyHMCTS: How to use the online divorce services guidance for applications submitted before April 2022.

Guidance for case administration tasks

Visit MyHMCTS: how to complete case administration tasks for guidance on case administration tasks, such as:

  • sharing a case
  • assigning a case
  • filing a notice of change or acting

Updates to this page

Published 4 August 2022
Last updated 119 MayNovember 2024 + show all updates

  1. New steps have been added to the ‘confirm the application has been served section’ in the ‘change how the application was served or confirm it has been served’ guidance.

  2. The application without notice fee has been updated within the General applications, alternative service and deemed and dispensed guidance.

  3. Guidance about applying for a final order as a respondent solicitor has been added.

  4. Updated the phone line and web chat opening times for the courts and tribunals service centre.

  5. Added guidance on applying for a final order out of time

  6. Replaced divorce email address with a link to our new online contact form on all documents

  7. Added new change service or confirm service method guide

  8. Added new help information to guides

  9. Changes to the general applications guide to add details and make it clearer

  10. Added switch to sole guidance to the final order guide

  11. Added final order guide

  12. Added guidance for switch to sole in joint app guide

  13. Added citizen journey for joint applications

  14. Added joint guide for solicitor applicants

  15. Added guide for responding to a conditional order refusal

  16. First published.

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