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belinda1
belinda1 Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
edited February 2018 in Relationships
Hello, I’ve signed up because I feel very alone and in aminefield.
im wanting to divorce my husband of 14 yrs but been together 28yrs. He’s an alcoholic and I just can’t take it anymore he’s recently had an emergency operation due to his alcohol consumption and I was required to sit at end of his bed for two nights because he became quite unmanageable and was obsconding from the ward.
when he was discharged he immediately bought drink and started drinking again with his pain medication. I have lived with friends the past two weeks going back home lat Saturday to stay overnight.

i need advise on how I can get a divorce?
if I can get any financial help with the £550 court costs?
and do i have a solicitor to do divorce and financial settlement?
im lost on the internet so many solicitors offering same thing but are there any that deal with a disabled wife ie me?

apprieciate any advise!!!!

Sincerely
Belinda

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  • steve51
    steve51 Online Community Member Posts: 7,121 Championing
    Hi @belinda1

    It’s great to meet you this afternoon.

    Sorry but you got a local “CAB” they would be the best in this “circumstance”

    If you don’t know I can help you further.

    We have also got a “helpline”   0808 800  3334.

    Please let me know if I can help /support you in anyway????
  • Pippa_Alumni
    Pippa_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 5,761 Championing
    Hi @belinda1, and welcome to the community!

    I'm so sorry to hear about what you're going through at the moment, it must be really difficult and I hope you can get things resolved as efficiently as possible.

    The kind of disability support we provide on this forum means that we're probably not the best people to advise on this particular issue, but I'd really recommend taking a look at Citizens Advice guidance on getting a divorce as a starting point, and perhaps arranging a face to face appointment with them too. Alcoholics Anonymous also have a national helpline and chatbox service that may be able to provide support.


  • JennysDad
    JennysDad Online Community Member Posts: 2,290 Championing
    Hello @belinda1 and welcome to the community. I'm glad to meet you, but so very sorry to hear about your awful situation.
    Doing a quick search, I've not found anything here that directly relates to your question, but that may be down to my search terms or to the search facility itself. Your post is very new, so it's not unlikely that others will respond who have more information.
    Trying to help, though, I found the Citizens Advice Bureau which has some useful-looking resources. Could you try this link and see if it is any use to you? https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/resources-and-tools/search-navigation-tools/Search/?c=HOME&q=want+to+divorce+my+husband
    And if you could let me know how that turns out?
    We're here, and listening,
    Warmest best wishes,
    Richard

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