In order to have your divorced finalized on your case management date, you must submit a Case Management Form (judicial branch form JD - FM - 163) at least two weeks prior to
your uncontested hearing date / case management date.
If you do have children, you must provide the following on
your uncontested hearing date to the clerk in the courtroom to which your case has been assigned:
Not exact matches
During the 90 day waiting period, (the timeframe starting from the return
date to your case management
date) the couple should be negotiating the terms of the divorce, and if an agreement is reached, the divorce can become finalized via an
uncontested hearing on your case management
date.
The case management
date, which will be discussed in greater detail below, serves as the first available
date that your divorce can become finalized via an
uncontested hearing, as well as a timeframe for other steps you must take and forms you must file.
If you're not able to reach agreement on all issues in time for the first
date your divorce can become finalized (or your case management
date), you can still request an
uncontested hearing to occur at a later
date when you have resolved all the issues.
If the parties to a contested proceeding are fortunate enough to settle their case before six months have elapsed, they may submit a motion to the court asking for the matter to be converted to an
uncontested, joint petition proceeding, so that the
hearing date can be set without waiting out the six - month period.
Ninety (90) days from the
date of the judgment of divorce nisi, your divorce will be final, which makes for a total of four (4) months from the
hearing date for a no - fault,
uncontested divorce.