How to apply for a financial order without a lawyer

Summary

Understand how to go to court to divide your money and property as part of a divorce (also called a financial remedy order) if you can’t come to an agreement or 'financial settlement' between yourselves. This guide explains what you need to understand and do to take the issue to court if you cannot afford a lawyer. 1 Getting started 2 What is a financial order? 3 Key things to know about financial orders 4 Getting help to pay for legal advice - legal aid 5 Getting some legal advice early on to find out where you stand 6 What the court takes into account when it makes a financial order 7 The kinds of financial orders the court can make 8 Sorting things out by negotiation and agreement 9 Consent orders 10 Welfare benefits 11 The process 12 Going to court - the basics 13 Applying for a financial order 14 How to fill in your Form E - financial statement 15 Checklist - things to do before the first appointment 16 The first appointment 17 If you couldn't agree at the first appointment 18 The financial dispute resolution appointment 19 The final hearing 20 Top tips if you are going to court over finances on divorce 21 More help and advice 22 What does it mean? 23 About this guide This.

Key information

• •you are or were married or in a civil partnership, and
• •you have started or finished divorce proceedings or proceedings to end a civil partnership in England and Wales, and
• •you cannot agree how to share out what you own between you, and
• •you are applying or thinking of applying for a financial order, without the help of a lawyer, or with only limited help because you don’t have the money to pay for a lawyer to do the whole job for you.
• •Easy to follow, step by step help through the whole process from start to finish.
• •How to prepare all essential documents, including a position statement, a questionnaire, Form G, and a bundle and index.
• •Boost your knowledge and skills so that you can manage your case yourself.
• •Access to low-cost, fixed-fee expert advice from a solicitor via the Affordable Advice service.
• •Easily the most helpful and in-depth guide available.
• •Understand how to go to court to divide your money and property as part of a divorce (also called a financial remedy order) if you can’t come to an agreement or 'financial settlement' between yourselves. This guide explains what you need to understand and do to take the issue to court if you cannot afford a lawyer.
• •1 Getting started 2 What is a financial order? 3 Key things to know about financial orders 4 Getting help to pay for legal advice - legal aid 5 Getting some legal advice early on to find out where you stand 6 What the court takes into account when it makes a financial order 7 The kinds of financial orders the court can make 8 Sorting things out by negotiation and agreement 9 Consent orders 10 Welfare benefits 11 The process 12 Going to court - the basics 13 Applying for a financial order 14 How to fill in your Form E - financial statement 15 Checklist - things to do before the first appointment 16 The first appointment 17 If you couldn't agree at the first appointment 18 The financial dispute resolution appointment 19 The final hearing 20 Top tips if you are going to court over finances on divorce 21 More help and advice 22 What does it mean? 23 About this guide
• •This guide shows you what orders you can apply for (including clean break orders and pension sharing orders), how the court process works, and what you need to do, such as your Form E (financial statement), and how to do it. It will help you manage the whole process, step by step.

Practical guidance

• •Source: [How to apply for a financial order without a lawyer](https://www.advicenow.org.uk/get-help/family-and-children/divorce-and-separation/apply-financial-order-without-lawyer)

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