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You can find more information at:  \n[https://www.gov.uk/guidance/myhmcts-online-case-management](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/myhmcts-online-case-management)for-legal-professionals  \nYou can only make an application for divorce or dissolution if you have been in your marriage or civil partnership for at least one year.  \nIf there are exceptional reasons why your application should be dealt with urgently then please set those reasons out in a covering letter.  \nSection 1 – Your application  \n1.1 What application are you making?  \nDivorce on the ground that the marriage has  \nbroken down irretrievably  \nDissolution on the ground that the civil partnership  \nhas broken down irretrievably  \n1.2 Are you applying as a sole applicant or joint applicants?  \nA sole application – I am applying on my own.  \nYou will complete this application on your own before you submit it to the court. The court will send a copy of your application to your spouse/civil partner.  \nYou will be referred to as the sole applicant, and your spouse/civil partner will be referred to as the respondent in this application.  \nA joint application – We are applying together.  \nYou and your spouse/civil partner will complete this  \napplication jointly before you submit to the court.  \nYou will be referred to as applicant 1 and your spouse/civil partner as applicant 2 in this application.  \nApplicant 2 must complete section 3 and the statement of truth.  \nRelationship support and child arrangements  \nWhere it may be helpful (and safe) to receive relationship support, you can find information at: [https://www.nhs.uk/](https://www.nhs.uk/)[ ](https://www.nhs.uk/)Service-Search/otherservices/Relationship%20 counselling/ LocationSearch/400  \nYou can also find information on making child arrangements if you divorce or separate at: [https://](https://)[ ](https://)[www.gov.uk/looking-after](www.gov.uk/looking-after)children-divorce  \nNote: If you entered into a religious marriage as well as a civil marriage, these divorce proceedings may not dissolve the religious part of your marriage. 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