Our process servers have been professionally serving dissolution of marriage (divorce) applications for over three decades.
We know applying to dissolve your marriage can often be a stressful and emotional time.
When you engage us to serve your dissolution of marriage application, you can be confident that our process servers (legal document servers) will professionally serve your documents with discretion and sensitivity.
How do I apply for a divorce in New Zealand?
When you apply for a divorce, you need to complete an application for dissolution of marriage. This information is available from your local family court. The family court will process your application and give you a set of documents that need to be given to your ex-partner by someone else (not you).Click this link to find out more about serving documents.
Types of divorce applications
1. If both you and your partner want a divorce: If you have grounds to do so, both you and your partner ‘ask’ the family court for a marriage of dissolution order.
Apply for a divorce: when you both agree
2. If only one of you wants a divorce: You will need to ask the family court to make a decision. This is known as ‘applying for an order’. If you are applying for an order, you (or your lawyer) become responsible for ensuring that your application documents are ‘served’ on the other person. You need to employ a process server (legal document server), because you can’t serve the documents yourself.
What does it cost to serve my dissolution of marriage (divorce) application in New Zealand?
Like most service industry’s, you get what you pay for. In New Zealand, not all process servers or legal document servers are equal. We will make up to five visits to serve your documents. Unlike our competitors, there are no hidden costs with our fee structure.