For
an uncontested divorce you simply outline your agreed arrangements.
Uncontested divorce simply means that you and your spouse have agreed to the terms and conditions of your split, without the court intervening in the following categories:
Not exact matches
If your husband does not respond, you can
simply file an affidavit of service and obtain an
uncontested divorce.
However, if you have a very simple situation (like an
uncontested divorce in which the you and your spouse agree on most issues) or if you
simply can not afford to hire a lawyer, you may be able to proceed on your own.
Uncontested divorce is
simply a
divorce where both parties have come to agreements on all issues involved in a dissolution of marriage, such as child custody, child support, division of property and debt, and alimony.
For an
Uncontested Divorce, the remainder of the process may
simply entail waiting until the mandatory Separation period has passed (i.e., you and your spouse have been «separate and apart» for at least one full year) before the
Divorce can be granted.
Clients sometimes think their case will be
uncontested,
simply because both sides are in general agreement; however, during the course of actually formalizing the
divorce, that may change.
Ohio's legislation
simply gives the
uncontested divorce process its own name and the state lays out a definitive procedure for
uncontested matters in its statutes.
In most states,
uncontested simply means that spouses have reached an agreement on all issues so they can
divorce without a trial.
The terms of the
divorce are usually determined by the court, though they may take into account prenuptial agreements or post-nuptial agreements, or
simply ratify terms that the spouses may have agreed to privately in an
uncontested divorce.
Put
simply, the aspect of an
uncontested divorce that makes this process «
uncontested» is the mere fact that there is some level of agreement about the terms of the
divorce.
If the
divorce is
uncontested and all ancillary issues such as child custody, maintenance and property division are agreed, the parties will
simply sign consent documents for filing with the court.
For cases that settle in the middle of the
divorce process, the parties
simply inform the court that they have settled; the court will then schedule the
uncontested hearing, which may be set in as little as two weeks.
If you and your spouse have resolved all issues between the two of you, and you
simply want a
divorce, what you are looking for is called an «
uncontested divorce» in Ontario, Canada