Divorce Courts: Standards
(asked on 21st September 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time petitioners had to wait for a court appointment in divorce proceedings was for each month in (a) 2019 and (b) the last twelve months for which data is available.
This question was answered on 11th October 2022
For undisputed cases within the divorce process, parties are generally not required to attend court appointments.
In relation to England and Wales, data on the average time to decree nisi (including the civil partnership equivalent) for each month in (a) 2019 and (b) the last twelve months for which data is available is provided in the attached table.