DIVORCE PROCEDURE IN CHENNAI: WHAT HAPPENS IN A DIVORCE: MERLYN LAW FIRM
- Consult via video call or in person with our expert Divorce Lawyers – Initial Consultation is free.
- We will assess your situation and provide you with the best solutions to your problems.
- A divorce application will be drafted and upon receiving confirmation from the client, we will file the petition for divorce.
- The court will instruct you to attend 3 mandatory counselling sessions as a last resort to save the marriage.
- After counselling, the divorce proceedings shall commence.
- Orders will be pronounced > Appeal will be made available to aggrieved parties before the High court followed by an appeal to the Apex Supreme Court.
Contested divorces may take 3-36 months to be decided. This also depends on both the parties and the lawyers representing them.