okay in this video i'm going to take a look at how much does it cost to get a divorce
in ireland this is a common question that i come across very often in my daily work and
it really depends i know that might sound like a cop cop-out but it's not a cop-out
if i explain to you that a divorce can be granted relatively cheaply
relatively efficiently and quickly and so on if the parties for example are in agreement so
you may have a mature couple who have grown apart who have perhaps lived apart for many years
and who never did anything about getting a divorce but now want to put their affairs in order from
the point of view of perhaps having new partners uh in their lives perhaps they're making a will
under the question of the spouse still having a claim on the estate and so on a mature couple 10
or 15 years perhaps living a part in complete agreement that is going to be a relatively
straightforward situation if they can agree terms and there's no reason why they can't agree terms
if they're living apart for five ten fifteen years their mature family or children if there
was any in the relationship in the marriage have grown up and gone and are living apart
or living in their own independently in their own houses and so on so that's a very specific type of
case where there's agreement you're looking at probably around about anything between
two and a half grand is probably a fair average it's a fair average for that type of a divorce
on the other hand you have a situation where you might have a young couple whose marriage
hasn't worked out there's a young family there is a minor children and there's a lot of perhaps
bitterness and blame and anger and disappointment and so on and there may well be issues about
a mortgage about who's going to take on the mortgage is the bank going to be
agreeable to one party taking the mortgage over
can one of the partners for example raise finance to buy out the other partner
is their agreement about access and maintenance of the children and so on that sort of a situation
which is relatively fresh where the breakdown might be relatively fresh notwithstanding the
fact that you can only get a divorce where you've lived apart for two out of the last three years
that's going to be a different situation where there may well be quite a bit of correspondence
quite a bit of anger quite a bit of contention quite a bit of controversy and if that's a
situation then you're looking at solicitors on both sides writing a lot of letters perhaps
bringing motions in other words applications to the court circuit court to get discovery
of bank statements you're looking at perhaps disputes and contention about affidavits of means
affidavits of welfare maintenance custody access and so on in that situation you're looking at
far more than say you know two and a half grand for a divorce you're looking at anything from
probably seven and a half grand upwards and so the how much a course or a divorce is going to cost
will really come down to how agreeable the parties are how many trips is going to be
required to go to court how much correspondence has to be done by the solicitors for both sides
how much time is spent on the matter how much complexity there is and so on so how much does a
divorce cost in ireland will really be determined to a great extent by the parties themselves and by
the degree to which they agree various matters but you're looking at probably around about two
and a half grand there are votes for uh divorce where parties are agreed there is agreed terms
and it's simply a question of issuing the family loss of a bill and ultimately going to court to
have a divorce granted on consent on agreed terms that's probably around about two and a half grand
the other one then as i say how long is a piece of string how long does the dispute go on how long
does it take to resolve the issues then you're getting into serious cost serious money and every
time abortion has to be brought to court obviously solicitors embarrasses and so on have to attend
and perhaps give evidence or at least make submissions and so on so that is generally
the situation as i say divorce could cost you anything but uh you're looking at at the lower
end probably around about two two and a half grand provided the parties are in agreement and are have
come to an agreement have come to an arrangement as to the terms on which divorce is granted it's
something that we would encourage strongly because let's face it if a divorce is protracted and
very intense in terms of emotions and anger and so on and so forth
the bottom line is the person or the parties are still going to end up with a divorce but
it's going to cost a lot more money because the solicitors and the legal teams have to be paid
for their time essentially as i say if there's discovery motions if there's pouring through bank
statements if there's a lot of correspondence a lot of back and forth in terms of uh letter
writing and so on then it's going to add up it's going to add up hope you find this video useful
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