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I have just received a paper from the court informing me that I have to attend court as my wife has made an application for ancillary relief. What is going to happen?

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I have just received a paper from the court informing me that I have to attend court as my wife has made an application for ancillary relief. What is going to happen?

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Your wife has made a financial application to resolve the finances linked with the divorce. As part of the procedure, you will have to complete and file a long form with all your financial details (called a Form E). This form will also have to be exchanged with your wife (or her solicitors) at the same time. The court has fixed a hearing known as a “First Appointment”. You and your wife will also need to file and serve on the other a questionnaire of things it will be necessary for the other side to answer arising from the Form E, a chronology and a statement of issues between the parties. The first appointment gives the court an opportunity to look at the case generally, try to find out what is required to further the matter and whether any agreement to settle can be reached. If the financial disclosure is incomplete or if the matter does not settle, then the court will list it, two months after the first appointment, for a second hearing called a “Financial Dispute Resolution” where

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