How to get a divorce

[zd1]

My Missus has been married to a uk national for almost 30 years but has not lived with him for over 25 years.

When we lived in the uk it didn't matter that we were not married as we were living together for over 10 years and didn't need to get married as she has british citizenship anyway, but now we are living in Thailand it would be easier for me if we were married.

Her ex husband has no problem with it and would be happy to sign the papers, we are all on good terms and will remain friends anyway, the problem is that the person that my missus spoke to at the amphur where they were married says that the whole process could take a year or longer is this correct? as it seems an excessive amount of time for a non contested divorce. They said it could be done quicker if they were both in the same country here or the uk, we will be going back to the uk in may or june but only for a couple of weeks, would it be best to try and do it when we are there? or would it be better if he sent the papers from the uk which she would sign and send back and he send the decree when it is finalised there.

Not sure which is the best way to play this and any advice is welcome.

[happylarry]

If both parties are present at the amphur then it can take five minutes to divorce but if the husband is in the UK then you have to do in court.

This means that your GF will have to submit a paper to the court saying that she has been separated for over three years and wants a divorce. They will then wait for 45 days before issuing a date for the divorce hearing. The whole divorce, assuming as you say the husband is ok with it, should take between two and three months. Once you have the final paper from the court your GF takes this to the amphur and they will then issue the divorce, finished.

HL

[zd1]

Thank you for your advice, she went to the amphur today thinking that as she had been separated for so long it would be relatively easy and they were the ones who said a year plus to finalise. For some reason she seemed to think it would be easier to do here as she got married here but in hindsight it probably would have been easier in the uk. We will have a good think about it and also speak to her ex to see which is the least expensive way of doing it here or in the uk as we will be back for 2 or 3 weeks in may or june.