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When do you need to hire a family law Solicitor and when is it okay to just use an online divorce website to save money? This article will provide a few pointers to help you decide whether to do it yourself or retain a divorce lawyer.

What Does it Mean to Use an Online Divorce Website?

Essentially, using an online website in your divorce case means that you will represent yourself and act as your own lawyer. All of the online divorce sites have disclaimers making it clear that they are not your lawyer and are just preparing documents on your behalf. While it is your right to act as your own lawyer, there are some significant risks involved that should be evaluated before you take the online route.

Additionally, you have to evaluate the particular website you are dealing with. Like any area of business there are some with a great reputation such as Divorce-Online and some who have a bad reputation such as Quickie-Divorce.com. Check their testimonials are from real clients and that any news articles published actually relate to their service and not just some generic story about Quickie Divorce.

What if You Have Children?

In England and Wales, as long as you can agree your arrangements between you, the court will not intervene preferring the parents to deal with their own children.

What if You Own Property or assets?

As long as you are in agreement about your finances and the agreement is not unfair the court will make an order by consent. Divorce-Online for instance emplys an in house Solciitor to prepare the documents for them, that are needed to file what is known as a financial order by consent order a consent order. However you should have taken legal advice before you proceed with the order.

Conclusion

If there are no arguments about children and finances then it is definatley worth employing the services of an online company like Divorce-Online but for those who have arguments about children or property, it is essential to hire an experienced divorce lawyer to handle their case.

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