Mutual Divorce Process with Important Steps
Mutual divorce is a simple, uncontentious and amicable terminating of the marriage by both spouses. How it works below, with a brief overview of the process and the most important steps.
1. Application and Consent
Each spouse should consent for the divorce, its consequences as well as child custody, property distribution and alimony issues. This is important as the process will not be contested in the course of its implementation.
2. Submission of a Joint Motion
The spouses file with the court a joint application requesting for divorce and state that both parties have reached agreements about the children and property assets. This motion must be executed by both together with marital docs and evidence of separation.
3. Where the Trial Begins and Waiting Duration
After the filing of the petition, the court fixes a date for hearing the petition to ascertai6n the wish of both spouses. It is typically followed by 6 months waiting duration known as cooling off period in which the parties may seek to reconcile each other usually however not always.
4. Tandem Conclusion and Divorce Orders
After the sober period has lapsed a session for the last hearing is arranged to be presided over. In case both parties reach for an agreement at the court, the presiding judge dissolves the marriage and issues an order concluding the divorce process.
While after a divorce, both parties suffer, the procedure can be completed faster than any contested case without many legal clarification.
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