1 in 20 of all Divorce Petitions are Now Dealt With Online

SWINDON, England, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Figures released from the
Ministry of Justice this week show that 32,900 couples filed for divorce in
England and Wales during the first quarter of 2009, a similar figure to 2008,
showing that the recession has not yet fed into an increase in the number of
people filing for a divorce, despite dire predictions from the divorce
industry.
However, it would seem that the recession is causing more of the UK's
divorcing couples to turn to the internet to get divorced according to
figures released today by Divorce-Online.Co.Uk which provide online divorce
packages from just GBP68.00.
The company, which is ten years old this year, reports an increase of 37%
in new divorce cases for the first quarter of 2009, with an average of 630
divorce cases being dealt with every month by the online firm which is based
in Swindon.
Mark Keenan, the founder and Managing Director of the firm says "since we
launched we have seen steady growth year on year in the number of couples who
feel comfortable using an online service, but the last year and a half has
really seen the service take off as more and more people realise that you
don't have to pay high hourly rates to a traditional solicitor to get an
uncontested divorce dealt with in a quick and professional manner".
Divorce-Online have had to increase their staffing and office space since
the beginning of the year to cope with the demand.
The firm which styles itself as the UK's largest divorce company recently
had a celebrity endorsement from BBC Radio 1's "Comedy Dave" who recommended
the service to newly separated singer and reality TV star Peter Andre live on
the Chris Moyles show.
The divorce statistics for quarter 1 2009 can be found at The Ministry of
Justice website at
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/docs/court-statistics-q1-2008-q1-2
009.pdf
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http://www.divorce-online.co.uk
SOURCE Divorce-Online

For more information contact: Mark Keenan, +44-(0)1793-600751,
Mark.keenan@divorce-online.co.uk