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A clean break means ending the financial ties between you and your ex-partner (husband, wife or civil partner) as soon as reasonable after your divorce or dissolution.
Where there is a clean break, there will be no spousal maintenance payments.
The only way you can guarantee that your ex-partner doesn’t try to make financial claims against you in future is to get a court order.
The court order must set out the financial arrangements and state that there is to be a clean break.
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In April 2022, the way you are able to divorce your partner changed in the UK. The new rules meant that there was no need to cast blame or even have a specific reason, such as adultery or unreasonable behaviour, to justify the divorce. The new process requires only a statement from one spouse that[...]