Need advice urgently

Got served with divorce papers by wife in November, just as I was admitted to hospital with suspected cancer. Went through Christmas unable to deal with paperwork, mainly because I was contemplating changing solicitors and I needed to discuss papers before responding - not happy with some parts of the document, don't understand other parts. I have no car (lost the company one when i lost the job)four children to look after (the wife doesn't want them in her new life with boyfriend)and live in rural area 10 miles from solicitors (who never respond to email, rarely available on phone, occasionally answer letters). On her last visit to see children, wife asked me to acknowledge the papers with her solicitors. She says she's asking because she wants to avoid cost of her solicitors re-issuing the papers. I'm not intentionally dragging my heels and not trying to avoid inevitable. I am concerned that they want me to acknowledge the document so they can do something else accordingly. I know I need to sort solicitor situation out, but she wants me to acknowledge now. Don't want to cause anymore cost for her (or me) than necessary. Is there any reason not to acknowledge?

Hello and welcome to the site you will find lots of help and support here.
I assume the papers you have are the petition if so i assume its also for UB and some of the reasons your wife is useing are not to your likeing they never are, to save money and move things on sighn it and dont tick the box to say you agrea with her reasons that way you agrea to the divorce but not what she has written about you.
The court do not take notice of the reasons that led to the dreakdown of the marrige (well a few but i dowt they will apply in your case) so no worrys sighn it oh and yes do get a new sol yours sounds hopeless if i can help with any questions drop me a line all the best
dukey

Thanks dukey for your reply. Her UB claims will rankle with me whichever way she words(invents) them - she was the adulterous one, but is divorcing me for UB because I refused to divorce her after being told it would cost £4K+ for the privelege!!!

The key thing here is she is really pushing for me to contact her solicitors - like now, immediately. Not sure if she is genuine about reason - i.e. doesn't want additional cost of serving second papers - or if there is any legal significance - i.e. I haven't signed/returned papers and my acknowledgement that I've recieved them allows some other legal trickery.

BTW: my objections are not the reasons for UB - she doen't really have any, so I was expecting solicitor made up BS. No, one of the key problems is they expect me to pay all costs, i.e mine, hers and courts.

Hello again if you dont want to pay her costs dont your looking after four kids in poor health and out of work the court wont make you pay.
If you dont respond to to pettion (should be done in 14 days) your x2b will have the papers served more cost, there is no advantage or trickery in asking you to respond to the petition your not defending the divorce so best to sighn it and send it back and get the ball rolling your right about the sol id change to.
dukey