Unknot is a calm, personal guide through divorce in England & Wales: it shows you what happens to someone in your situation — in what order, on what clock — tracks what's really happening, helps you stay steady enough to make good decisions, and hands you off cleanly to a solicitor at exactly the moments one is worth it.
See your road — free, 60 seconds Get the app · web & AndroidThe green layer is your projected road — built from your situation and calibrated against real court statistics and the actual rules. The violet layer is what really happened. When reality lands, the whole road re-draws around it.
Answer the questions a steady friend would ask in hour one. Get the map: stages, order, honest time windows — for your situation, not a generic flowchart.
Every letter and order uploaded, dated and slotted onto your road — with a plain-English explanation of what each stage means and what usually follows.
The financial disclosure form explained section by section, with a checklist of exactly what to gather. What to claim? That's your solicitor's job — and we say so.
A running total of what the process is costing, charted against your road. Some battles are worth it. Now you'll decide with your eyes open.
Fear management, "don't react to their moves", decision-readiness. Regulated people make better decisions — that's the whole strategy.
If you both opt in, Unknot becomes neutral ground: one shared timeline, one shared understanding of what must be gathered. Less war in the admin.
Short, plain-English answers to the questions people ask first, with every figure checked against the official source.
The legal minimum is 26 weeks. The typical divorce takes about 40 weeks, and many take longer. Here is where the time goes, stage by stage.
You are not divorced yet. There is a 43-day wait, and it is the window in which a court can approve a financial agreement. A step-by-step guide.
Form E is the financial statement each of you gives the court when finances are being decided. What is in it, the documents you must attach, and the deadline.
You can apply for a divorce yourself. Here is what that involves, what solicitors do, the different ways of using one, and when legal aid is available.
The court fee is £628. What you pay on top depends almost entirely on whether you agree about money. Every fee and typical cost, with sources.