How To File For A Divorce Uncontested Georgia

By Melissa Olson


At some point, we all dream of falling in love, getting married and starting a family. However, no marriage is a bed of roses. It is little wonder that divorce is so common nowadays. It is almost as if people expect in to happen as they write up a prenup beforehand. The article gives several steps to 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.

The county you decide to file in is important. Most of the time you are required to file in the county of your spouses residence. This is only if you are both in the state of Georgia. If she, however, moves out of the state, you can proceed to file in your own county as it is not a necessity for her to be from the same county.

You should gather all the information you can for the petition. This part requires very specific information that you may not know where to start. Luckily, there is the legal aid of Georgia. They have made your work so much easier by drawing up a questionnaire that gets all the information needed. Parts that are not necessary can be crossed out.

As you draw up the papers, consider the issue of the name. In the marriage, it is possible that one spouse took the name of the other. Separation brings out a lot of feelings and emotions. They may decide to go back to their previous last name or keep the marriage name. This, of course, depends on what you both agree on.

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 prepare child specific document. You have to discuss how the parenting will work from then on. After you have both agreed you are required to sign and notarize all of the documents. This is usually done in the presence of the notary. This is usually done in blue ink as a symbol of 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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