So my ex and I are in the enforced reflection period of our divorce but soon will move onto the legal stuff. We’ve agreed everything in terms of childcare and division of assets and are already operating to that understanding. We don’t want to waste money on lawyers and make things unnecessarily contentious. We’re taking the no fault option.

We plan on doing the divorce ourselves. If needs be, we might pay a lawyer to briefly look over the paperwork to ensure it’s court ready.

Have any of you got experience doing this in the UK? Any tips for me? Was it straight forward? Are we fools for not engaging legal counsel?