Is dissolution the same as divorce?

Dissolution and divorce are not the same in England and Wales, but they are closely related legal processes.

Dissolution is the legal process used to specifically end a civil partnership entered into by a heterosexual or same-sex couple.

Divorce applies exclusively to the legal process to end a marriage which can also be entered into by both heterosexual and same-sex couples.

Both processes result in a “Final Order,” which officially ends the marriage or civil partnership.