Steps To Successfully Filing A Divorce Uncontested Georgia

By Melissa Olson


In most marriages, divorce may happen and which can be caused by soo many factors within the marriage may it be internal or external. It may be after years or just months. It does not matter as it can happen no matter how old the marriage is. Many are times that it brings out the worst in people. People who once loved each other become so cruel to each other. The article below gives guidelines to successful divorce uncontested Georgia.

Some marriages are both by license and by the ceremony. You need to confirm you are legally married. If for example, you signed the papers after the ceremony you will definitely need to file for a divorce. In order to file for a separation in Georgia, you need to have been a resident for at least six months. You will be required to prove it in court by using receipts, drivers license among other things.

You have to decide which county you will be filing in. In general, you are supposed to in the county of your spouses residence. If they have moved out of the state of Georgia, then you can file in your own county. If the separation is uncontested and your spouse consents, you may file in your own county as it does not matter how long they have been residents. It is, however, safe to wait 30 days.

You need to gather information for your petition. Since there are a lot of things needed you may not know where to start. The legal aid of Georgia has come up with a questionnaire to enable you to provide with all the necessary details. This will save you a lot of time. You can always leave out the spaces where you have nothing to fill in.

In marriage, it is common for one of the spouses to take the name of the other. During the separation, you have to agree on whether a name change is necessary or not. They may decide to go back to their original last name, or they may choose to keep that of their current spouse depending on whether the spouse is comfortable or not.

You have to pay the fee for filing. It is approximately $200 in order to simply file for a separation. There are additional fees for things like document preparation. If you are low income, you may feel some papers for the fee to be reduced or waived. The court may accept or deny the request. If denied, the court will put a date on the calendar when they will listen to the case upon payment.

You need to agreeable terms such as custody. You also need to know how much time each parent gets with the child. After a conclusion has been reached you need to sign the papers in the presence of the notary. The signing is preferred in blue ink as a way of showing the originality of the signatures.

The next step is filing the documents at the court house after which you are given a date when you will be heard. After attending the court hearing, you will be given the documents necessary. After that, the whole thing will be finalized, and after a while, you will be officially divorced.




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