{"id":1901,"date":"2021-07-27T19:46:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T19:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virtulexavocats.com\/how-can-a-divorce-be-short-and-inexpensive\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T07:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T11:14:18","slug":"how-can-a-divorce-be-short-and-inexpensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virtulexavocats.com\/en\/how-can-a-divorce-be-short-and-inexpensive\/","title":{"rendered":"How can a divorce be short and inexpensive?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is possible for couples to avoid the long delays and high costs of a divorce if they are willing to present their application for divorce jointly.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joint application for divorce is always the best option if both spouses are willing to do some compromise. Do we have to remind that a bad settlement is worth better than a good judgment?<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The parties therefore must come into an agreement first, and then the tribunal shall confirm it.  The spouses won\u2019t have to be present at the court and they might obtain their judgment within few weeks.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtulexavocats.com\/en\/contact\/\">Contact us<\/a> if you think that a joint application for divorce might be the solution for you!<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"vx-auteur wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtulexavocats.com\/en\/maitre-william-desrochers\/\">William Desrochers<\/a>, a civil and family litigation lawyer at Virtulex Lawyers in Gatineau, instructor at the \u00c9cole du Barreau du Qu\u00e9bec, accredited family mediator and accredited small claims mediator.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is possible for couples to avoid the long delays and high costs of a divorce if they are willing to present their application for divorce jointly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How can a divorce be short and inexpensive? 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