Online Divorce Rate To Rise 

Legal aid cut means less couples will be able to afford the usual route for separation

Couples looking to separate permanently will looking to more online solutions after April 2013. 

Legal Aid for divorce cases will no longer be available after this date unless there is an serious allegation of domestic violence.

 

The Government has cut legal help (basic legal aid) and legal aid itself for most private law family cases.

 

That means people with little means such as single mothers, the unemployed, disabled people and low paid workers will have to either find free legal advice, at a time when the advice centre's and Citizens Advice Bureau are themselves having their funding cut, or they will attempt to do it themselves with many of then using the internet.

 

Low cost solution

 

One company in a position to help is Swindon-based Divorce-Online, the UK’s leading provider of “online divorce” services, having dealt with over 100,000 cases since launching.

 

"With the experience of handling such a large volume of cases, one would think that the service is impersonal and does not suit individual needs," commented founder and managing director Mark Keenan.

After 60 years, Legal Aid for divorce is being withdrawn

"This could not be further from the truth with many clients commentating on how good the communication is with the staff as they go through their divorce.

 

"The key is that we have used technology to create a streamlined and efficient back office which allows us to process cases quickly and to communicate with our clients 24/7."

 

Each client is given their own secure client area where they can see progress on their case in real time, download documents and send and receive messages from their case workers.

 

So, when legal aid stops, there will be places people can turn and they will know that a good, low cost service is waiting for them. The best of which is in Swindon. 

 

Divorce Online

 

This article was adapated from Divorce Online blog, which covers key issues concerning seperation and sorting out divorce.

 

More information on Divorce Online can be found via the link below.