Not exact matches
While the petitioner spouse must serve the documents, the signature of the other spouse is not required to
proceed with the
divorce.
When people speak of being legally separated in New Jersey, they may be referring to the fact that they have entered into a written separation agreement governing custody and a parenting plan and support (and maybe even division of property and debt); or where, instead of having the marriage dissolved, the spouses filed for separate maintenance (a type of support
proceeding in New Jersey that results in the entry of a support order but not dissolution of the marriage) or for
divorce a mensa et thoro (
divorce from bed and board) that allows the parties to live separately
while still remaining married (which some spouses wish to do for religious reasons or, where the insurance plan allows it, to continue
with health coverage through the other spouse).
However, in Collaborative
Divorce cases counsel and parties will cooperate
with each other fully to prevent the necessity of any court filings
while the collaborative case
proceeds.
All
divorce petitioners can file for a Summary Judgment Divorce, while only certain types of cases can proceed with a Clerk's Default D
divorce petitioners can file for a Summary Judgment
Divorce, while only certain types of cases can proceed with a Clerk's Default D
Divorce,
while only certain types of cases can
proceed with a Clerk's Default
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